Great great grandfather of Joe Eggers:
James Forrest Buchanan was born in Chatham Hill, Virginia on 1 July 1876.
At the age of 28 he was drafted by the St. Louis Browns professional baseball team. He played as a right handed pitcher for one season with an ERA (Earned Run Average) of 3.50 and 54 strikeouts. He had a 5-9 record and did not return for a second season.
According to some accounts he attended Austin College in Sherman, Texas. However, Austin College has no record of grade reports or transcripts of anyone named Buchanan between 1890 and 1906. Presumably this time period would have covered when he would have attended college.
Other accounts have him attending Midland Lutheran College located in Fremont, Nebraska. This account may be more likely since Norfolk, Nebraska was his final residence upon his death on 15 JUN 1949.
James Forrest Buchanan married Rose Wiegand from Aten, Nebraska. Together they had three children, Susan Olena Buchanan, Myrtle Emaline Buchanan, and Franklin E. Buchanan.Complete minor league stats from 1903-1911
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