There are a lot of former baseball stars that can be labeled a “hard luck hero.” A few that come to mind are the likes of Addie Joss, a superb right-handed pitcher from the beginning of the 1910s who died of tuberculosis at the age of 31 after playing just nine seasons. Jones won 160 games and holds the second lowest career ERA (1.89) ever. Then there is Ross Youngs, an outfielder for the New York Giants in the ‘20s and lifetime .322 hitter, who lost a battle with Bright’s Disease at the age of 30.
Chicago Cubs: The Heroes of Wrigley Series presents Hack Wilson
