Doug Allison
Major League Baseball player
Died when: 70 years 160 days (845 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Douglas L.Allison (July 12, 1846 – December 19, 1916) was an American Major League Baseball player.He began his career as a catcher for the original Cincinnati Red Stockings, the first fully professional baseball team.
Allison was one of the first catchers to stand directly behind the batter, as a means to prevent baserunners from stealing bases.
He was considered a specialist, at a time when some of the better batsmen who manned the position normally rested, or substituted at other fielding positions.
Allison became the earliest known player to use a type of baseball glove when he donned buckskin mittens to protect his hands in 1870.
Prior to his baseball career, Allison served as a private in Company L of the 192nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War.
His brother Art Allison also played in the Major Leagues.
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