After turning down an offer from the last-place Browns, Jim Thorpe signed with the New York Giants, the defending NL champs, on February 1, 1913. Thorpe, a Sac and Fox Nation native American, compiled a lifetime .252 batting average during his six seasons in the majors.
I wonder if the Reach Guide mentioned his 80-grade speed.
Interesting question. We might have to find someone with a stack of them and start flipping though