Jim “Lifting Speed” Creighton

Baseball history photo: Star pitcher Jim “Lifting Speed” Creighton of the Brooklyn Excelsiors circa 1860 (detail from team photo). Albeit brief, his baseball career remains one of the most remarkable of all time. Perhaps more than any other player before or since, Creighton transformed the essence of the game. Click photo to return to previous page.

Baseball history photo: Star pitcher Jim “Lifting Speed” Creighton of the Brooklyn Excelsiors circa 1860 (detail from team photo). Albeit brief, his baseball career remains one of the most remarkable of all time. Perhaps more than any other player before or since, Creighton transformed the essence of the game. Click photo to return to previous page.

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