1903 — Washington outfielder Ed Delahanty went over a railroad bridge at Niagara Falls and drowned. The exact circumstances of his death never were determined. 1909 — The Chicago White Sox stole 12 ...

The Phillies are 28-6 in their last 34 games. No Phillies team has accomplished that feat since the 1895 team when Ed Delahanty was hitting .404 with a major league-leading OBP of .500.

Hall of Famers Ed Delahanty, Billy Hamilton and Sam Thompson were the Phillies’ regular outfielders from 1891-95.

Baseball Hall of Fame members Ed Delahanty, Billy Hamilton and Sam Thompson were the Phillies' regular outfielders from 1891-95. Delahanty batted .405, Hamilton .403 and Thompson .415 in 1894.

The railway span connecting Buffalo and Fort Erie is a bridge over troubled water. Big Ed Delahanty, the best baseball player of his era, plunged from it 120 years ago. His death remains the ...

1896 — Philadelphia’s Ed Delahanty hit four home runs in a losing effort, a 9-8 loss to Chicago. 1934 — Babe Ruth hit his 700th home run in a 4-2 victory over Tommy Bridges and the Detroit ...

1903 — Washington outfielder Ed Delahanty went over a railroad bridge at Niagara Falls and drowned. The exact circumstances of his death never were determined. 1909 — The Chicago White Sox ...

"Delahanty was just the first, a forewarning of the setbacks and hazards of celebrityhood," said Casway, whose book, "Ed Delahanty in the Emerald Age of Baseball," was recently published by the ...

"Delahanty was just the first, a forewarning of the setbacks and hazards of celebrityhood," said Jerrold Casway, who wrote a book about Irish slugger Ed Delahanty, below.