ON THIS DAY IN EARLY DODGERS HISTORY: APRIL 8

Posted by Ron on Apr 8, 2012 | 0 comments

Bob Caruthers

April 8, 1888: At a Brooklyn Bridegrooms exhibition game, club president Charles Byrne points to recently acquired pitcher Bob Caruthers and tells an astonished visiting guest, “That is Mr. Caruthers, and we pay him a salary of $5,000 for seven months service just to play ball as he can play it, and we paid $8,500 for his release from the club which held him to service.”