Lore
Verne "King" Bader
Pitcher
6'0", 175 lbs.,
Batted Left, Threw Right
Born: April 27, 1888,
Bader, Illinois
Died: June 2, 1973, Le Roy, Kansas
Major League Debut: September 30, 1912
Lore Bader pitched in two games for the New York Giants in 1912. With Boston in 1917, he was 2-0 with a 2.37 ERA in 15 games, all but one in relief. After that season, Bader enlisted in the Navy. He was discharged in June 1918 because of loose knee ligaments, and he rejoined the Red Sox. Bader was also known as "Two Pairs" because he loved playing cards.
Bader pitched with Toronto (International League) in 1920 and 1923 and was a player-manager with Lynn, Mass. (New England League) in 1926. He also worked as a Boston Braves scout in 1927. He managed the Hartford club in the Eastern League in 1930.
According to Lura Bader, in a letter to the Baseball Hall of Fame, her husband was born in a small Illinois town "settled by the Bader clan. An old uncle was in the logging and lumber business and thru him a [railroad] spur was built..."
Pitching
Year Ag Tm Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA *lgERA *ERA+ 1912 24 NYG NL 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 10.0 9 1 0 6 3 0.90 3.37 374 1917 29 BOS AL 2 0 15 1 0 0 1 38.1 48 10 1 18 14 2.35 2.58 110 1918 30 BOS AL 1 3 5 4 2 1 0 27.0 26 10 1 12 10 3.33 2.68 81 3 Yr WL% .625 5 3 22 6 3 1 1 75.1 83 21 2 36 27 2.51 2.72 109
Batting
Year Ag Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG TB SH HBP 1912 24 NYG NL 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1917 29 BOS AL 15 10 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .300 .364 .300 3 1 1 1918 30 BOS AL 5 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .111 1 0 0 3 Seasons 22 22 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .182 .217 .182 4 1 1
Fielding
Year Ag Tm Lg Pos G PO A E DP FP lgFP RnF lgRnF 1912 24 NYG NL P 2 1 3 0 0 1.000 .948 2.00 1.55 1917 29 BOS AL P 15 1 15 1 1 .941 .947 1.07 1.83 1918 30 BOS AL P 5 1 2 1 0 .750 .952 0.60 1.85 Position Total P 22 3 20 2 1 .920 .958 1.05 1.82
Minor League Pitching
YEAR TEAM LG W L G CG ERA IP H R ER BB SO
1911 Independence WA
Dallas TL 1 1 8 45 29 21 15 13
1912 Dallas TL 16 14 41 273 215 76 71 123
1913 Dallas TL 22 12 46 308 238 90 90 170
1914 Buffalo IL 16 7 30 214 214 91 79 101
1915 Buffalo IL 20 18 48 334 308 123 119 132
1916 Buffalo IL 23 8 37 2.05 294 294 67 91 127
1920 Toronto IL 19 9 39 15 2.91 229 217 101 74 77 94
1923 Toronto IL 7
1926 Lynn NEL 6 3 15 9 2.64 99 102 50 29 35 27
1928 Providence EL 1 0 4
1929 Providence EL 0 0 3
INCOMPLETE TOTALS 124 72 278 24 1796 1617 552 170 577 787
Also played Twilight Ball in Boston, 1924. Manager: Lynn 1926, Providence 1928-29, Hartford 1930.
Minor Leagues: IL - International League; EL - Eastern League; TL - Texas League; PCL - Pacific Coast League; SA - Southern Association; NEL - New England League; WA - Western Association.