Rynie Wolters
professional baseball player (1842-1917)
Reinder Albertus Wolters (March 17, 1844 – January 3, 1917) was an American amateur and professional baseball player. He was born in Nieuweschans, the Netherlands, and was the first professional baseball player from that country. He played for an amateur team in Newark, New Jersey, in 1865, then played five seasons in the amateur National Association of Base Ball Players from 1866 to 1870 and three seasons in its professional successor, the National Association, from 1871 to 1873. While he was primarily a pitcher, he also played occasionally in the outfield.
Wolters joined the New York Mutuals in 1868, replacing starting pitcher Phonney Martin. On July 23, 1870, Wolters, pitching for New York, threw the first shutout in baseball history, beating the Chicago White Stockings 9–0. He also tripled and scored a run in the game. At the end of the 1870 season, he again faced Chicago. In the ninth inning, with his team ahead by one run, he walked off the mound in protest of the home plate umpire's strike zone calls. The game ended, with the score reverting to the previous inning, giving Chicago the win and the league title.
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