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b. August 28, 1881 · Cincinnati Reds 1907–1910, 1921, Philadelphia Phillies 1911–1917, Chicago Cubs 1918–1920

Dode Paskert played center field for fifteen seasons and stole 293 bases doing it, in an era when that was a description of how the game was played rather than a specialty. He reached the World Series with the 1915 Phillies and again with the 1918 Cubs.

Cincinnati brought him up in 1907 and Philadelphia had him for seven seasons, until the Phillies traded him to the Cubs in a deal that brought back Cy Williams, who would go on to lead the National League in home runs four times. Paskert was regarded as one of the better defensive outfielders of the period, and drew 715 walks in a time when hitters rarely did.

Born in Cleveland in 1881, Paskert collected 1,613 hits and scored 868 runs across 1,716 games, and lived until February 12, 1959.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
Baseball Magazine All-Star	1	1912

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1907	CIN	16	50	10	14	4	0	1	8	2	9	2	.280
1908	CIN	118	395	40	96	14	4	1	36	27	56	25	.243
1909	CIN	104	322	49	81	7	4	0	33	34	60	23	.252
1910	CIN	144	506	63	152	21	5	2	46	70	60	51	.300
1911	PHI	153	560	96	153	18	5	4	47	70	70	28	.273
1912	PHI	145	540	102	170	37	5	2	43	91	67	36	.315
1913	PHI	124	454	83	119	21	9	4	29	65	69	12	.262
1914	PHI	132	451	59	119	25	6	3	44	56	68	23	.264
1915	PHI	109	328	51	80	17	4	3	39	35	38	9	.244
1916	PHI	149	555	82	155	30	7	8	46	54	76	22	.279
1917	PHI	141	546	78	137	27	11	4	43	62	63	19	.251
1918	CHC	127	461	69	132	24	3	3	59	53	49	20	.286
1919	CHC	88	270	21	53	11	3	2	29	28	33	7	.196
1920	CHC	139	487	57	136	22	10	5	71	64	58	16	.279
1921	CIN	27	92	8	16	1	1	0	4	4	8	0	.174
Career	—	1716	6017	868	1613	279	77	42	577	715	784	293	.268

On this day & linked events

1881

Born August 28, 1881

Cleveland, OH, USA

1959

Died February 12, 1959

1907

Major-league debut: Dode Paskert

Dode Paskert made a major-league debut on September 21, 1907.

1921

Final major-league game: Dode Paskert

Dode Paskert played a final major-league game on May 27, 1921.

Image: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress), public domain