Charlie Hallstrom
Pitcher, Baseball Player
1864 – 1949
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Who was Charlie Hallstrom?
Charles E. Hallstrom, nicknamed the "Swedish Wonder", was a Swedish Major League Baseball player who pitched one game for the 1885 Providence Grays of the National League. The Grays were in need of a pitcher for that days' game versus the Chicago White Stockings, and used Hallstrom, a local Chicago amateur player. Hallstrom is the first of four Major League Baseball players born in Sweden. He was born in Jönköping, Sweden, and died in Chicago at the age of 86. He is interred at the All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines, Illinois.
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- Born
- Jan 22, 1864
Jönköping - Profession
- Lived in
- Jönköping
- Died
- May 6, 1949
Chicago
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on July 23, 2013
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