About Grant Thatcher
Lived 1877 – 1936 (aged 59). Grant Thatcher was an American baseball player.
Ulysses Grant Thatcher (February 23, 1877 – March 17, 1936) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball in the United States.
Biography Born in Maytown, Pennsylvania on February 23, 1877, Thatcher pitched in five games for the Brooklyn Superbas during the 1903 and 1904 baseball seasons, making four starts, and acquiring a 4–1 record with a 3.16 earned run average during his appearances.
Thatcher had an unusual end to his Major League career. When the Superbas attempted to play a second Sunday home game on April 24 against the Philadelphia Phillies, the club was tipped off that the pitcher, catcher and hitter at the start of the game would be arrested. Thus three "decoys" were inserted at the start of the game, with Ed Poole being replaced by Thatcher after Poole's arrest.
Death Thatcher died at the age of fifty-nine in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on March 17, 1936.
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American baseball player (1877-1936)
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Grant Thatcher was born on 23 February 1877 in Maytown.
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Grant Thatcher died on 17 March 1936 in Lancaster.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Grant Thatcher. https://biography.guide/grant-thatcher/
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