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He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and began playing with the Brooklyn Atlantics in 1856.
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Dickey Pearce
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He continued his career in the National Association and the early years of Major League Baseball. lieutenant is possible Pearce was one of the first baseball players to earn money for playing the game professionally. Pearce is given cr for pioneering the shortstop position.
Pearce introduced his "tricky hit" to baseball, known today as the bunt.
Foreign much of his career, the rules permitted the ball to roll foul and still be a hit. Pearce played professionally for 22 years, spanning the generation from the game"s beginnings to the National League.
In the June 30, 1868 edition of the Saint Louis Times, the paper said of him: "Pearce has been noted as a superior shortstop for ten years and to-day has no equal in the base ball field He bats with great judgment and safety.." After retiring from playing, Pearce umpired into the mid-1880s.
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United States