A pitcher in early baseball's Pacific Coast League, Nagle was the pitcher who won the Pacific Coast League pennant for the Los Angeles Angels in 1905, winning 14 straight games. He won 20+ games each year he pitched for Los Angeles in 1908-10.
He was a professional baseball player in 1911, pitching in both leagues: first for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Boston Red Sox, eventually being sidelined with an arm injury.
He was the 3rd son (and 3rd child of 4) of Frederick Gough Nagle and Helen Marion Williams.
Walter married 18 May 1907 in San Jose, Leota Myrtle Pedigo. A San Francisco newspaper notice on the 19th said:
"SANTA ROSA, May 18— Walter H.
Nagle, pitcher of the Los Angeles base-
ball team and son of County Recorder
and Mrs. Fred G. Nagle of this city,
will be married tomorrow in San Jose
to Miss Leota Pedigo of this city. The
wedding is the outcome of a school-
days romance. Miss Pedigo is a teach-
er of this county and very popular in
musical circles."
(Leota -- Mrs. Walter H. Nagle -- proposed in 1962 to the Sonoma County Museum and Art Gallery Association that a new organization be formed, and a vote on 10 Jun 1962 resulted in the creation of the Sonoma County Historical Society)
After his pro career, Nagle played baseball with the hometown team in Santa Rosa, and also managed the Chamber of Commerce.
He was the Sonoma County Clerk for a time, serving 15 years.
He wrote a book about his baseball experiences:
Walter H. Nagle, Bryson Reinhardt. "Five Straight Errors on Ladies' Day" (Caldwell, ID : Caxton Printers, 1965).
The book recalls Nagle's stint in the Pacific Coast League with the Los Angeles Angels in the early 1900s. Nagle pitched to the likes of Honus Wagner, Ty Cobb and Walter Johnson and met such leaders as Henry Ford and Luther Burbank. Casey Stengel wrote the introduction.
(Walter maintained his friendship with Ty Cobb for over 50 years... at age 81, Mr. Nagle drove nonstop to Arizona to see his ailing friend, who died four months later)
He has a "Walter H. Nagle" biography in: "History of Sonoma County, California" (Santa Rosa, Calif.: Press Democrat Pub. Co., 1937), Chapter 34, pp.a30-31
His obituary was found in the "Santa Rosa Recorder", 27 May 1971, p.1 col.4 (cont. p.6 col.4) It mentions that he was a principal in getting professional baseball in California, and was one of it's earliest players (a pitcher).
He was "91 years young" (as he not long before had put it) when he went to that great baseball diamond in the sky...
He was a professional baseball player in 1911, pitching in both leagues: first for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Boston Red Sox, eventually being sidelined with an arm injury.
He was the 3rd son (and 3rd child of 4) of Frederick Gough Nagle and Helen Marion Williams.
Walter married 18 May 1907 in San Jose, Leota Myrtle Pedigo. A San Francisco newspaper notice on the 19th said:
"SANTA ROSA, May 18— Walter H.
Nagle, pitcher of the Los Angeles base-
ball team and son of County Recorder
and Mrs. Fred G. Nagle of this city,
will be married tomorrow in San Jose
to Miss Leota Pedigo of this city. The
wedding is the outcome of a school-
days romance. Miss Pedigo is a teach-
er of this county and very popular in
musical circles."
(Leota -- Mrs. Walter H. Nagle -- proposed in 1962 to the Sonoma County Museum and Art Gallery Association that a new organization be formed, and a vote on 10 Jun 1962 resulted in the creation of the Sonoma County Historical Society)
After his pro career, Nagle played baseball with the hometown team in Santa Rosa, and also managed the Chamber of Commerce.
He was the Sonoma County Clerk for a time, serving 15 years.
He wrote a book about his baseball experiences:
Walter H. Nagle, Bryson Reinhardt. "Five Straight Errors on Ladies' Day" (Caldwell, ID : Caxton Printers, 1965).
The book recalls Nagle's stint in the Pacific Coast League with the Los Angeles Angels in the early 1900s. Nagle pitched to the likes of Honus Wagner, Ty Cobb and Walter Johnson and met such leaders as Henry Ford and Luther Burbank. Casey Stengel wrote the introduction.
(Walter maintained his friendship with Ty Cobb for over 50 years... at age 81, Mr. Nagle drove nonstop to Arizona to see his ailing friend, who died four months later)
He has a "Walter H. Nagle" biography in: "History of Sonoma County, California" (Santa Rosa, Calif.: Press Democrat Pub. Co., 1937), Chapter 34, pp.a30-31
His obituary was found in the "Santa Rosa Recorder", 27 May 1971, p.1 col.4 (cont. p.6 col.4) It mentions that he was a principal in getting professional baseball in California, and was one of it's earliest players (a pitcher).
He was "91 years young" (as he not long before had put it) when he went to that great baseball diamond in the sky...
A pitcher in early baseball's Pacific Coast League, Nagle was the pitcher who won the Pacific Coast League pennant for the Los Angeles Angels in 1905, winning 14 straight games. He won 20+ games each year he pitched for Los Angeles in 1908-10.
He was a professional baseball player in 1911, pitching in both leagues: first for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Boston Red Sox, eventually being sidelined with an arm injury.
He was the 3rd son (and 3rd child of 4) of Frederick Gough Nagle and Helen Marion Williams.
Walter married 18 May 1907 in San Jose, Leota Myrtle Pedigo. A San Francisco newspaper notice on the 19th said:
"SANTA ROSA, May 18— Walter H.
Nagle, pitcher of the Los Angeles base-
ball team and son of County Recorder
and Mrs. Fred G. Nagle of this city,
will be married tomorrow in San Jose
to Miss Leota Pedigo of this city. The
wedding is the outcome of a school-
days romance. Miss Pedigo is a teach-
er of this county and very popular in
musical circles."
(Leota -- Mrs. Walter H. Nagle -- proposed in 1962 to the Sonoma County Museum and Art Gallery Association that a new organization be formed, and a vote on 10 Jun 1962 resulted in the creation of the Sonoma County Historical Society)
After his pro career, Nagle played baseball with the hometown team in Santa Rosa, and also managed the Chamber of Commerce.
He was the Sonoma County Clerk for a time, serving 15 years.
He wrote a book about his baseball experiences:
Walter H. Nagle, Bryson Reinhardt. "Five Straight Errors on Ladies' Day" (Caldwell, ID : Caxton Printers, 1965).
The book recalls Nagle's stint in the Pacific Coast League with the Los Angeles Angels in the early 1900s. Nagle pitched to the likes of Honus Wagner, Ty Cobb and Walter Johnson and met such leaders as Henry Ford and Luther Burbank. Casey Stengel wrote the introduction.
(Walter maintained his friendship with Ty Cobb for over 50 years... at age 81, Mr. Nagle drove nonstop to Arizona to see his ailing friend, who died four months later)
He has a "Walter H. Nagle" biography in: "History of Sonoma County, California" (Santa Rosa, Calif.: Press Democrat Pub. Co., 1937), Chapter 34, pp.a30-31
His obituary was found in the "Santa Rosa Recorder", 27 May 1971, p.1 col.4 (cont. p.6 col.4) It mentions that he was a principal in getting professional baseball in California, and was one of it's earliest players (a pitcher).
He was "91 years young" (as he not long before had put it) when he went to that great baseball diamond in the sky...
He was a professional baseball player in 1911, pitching in both leagues: first for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Boston Red Sox, eventually being sidelined with an arm injury.
He was the 3rd son (and 3rd child of 4) of Frederick Gough Nagle and Helen Marion Williams.
Walter married 18 May 1907 in San Jose, Leota Myrtle Pedigo. A San Francisco newspaper notice on the 19th said:
"SANTA ROSA, May 18— Walter H.
Nagle, pitcher of the Los Angeles base-
ball team and son of County Recorder
and Mrs. Fred G. Nagle of this city,
will be married tomorrow in San Jose
to Miss Leota Pedigo of this city. The
wedding is the outcome of a school-
days romance. Miss Pedigo is a teach-
er of this county and very popular in
musical circles."
(Leota -- Mrs. Walter H. Nagle -- proposed in 1962 to the Sonoma County Museum and Art Gallery Association that a new organization be formed, and a vote on 10 Jun 1962 resulted in the creation of the Sonoma County Historical Society)
After his pro career, Nagle played baseball with the hometown team in Santa Rosa, and also managed the Chamber of Commerce.
He was the Sonoma County Clerk for a time, serving 15 years.
He wrote a book about his baseball experiences:
Walter H. Nagle, Bryson Reinhardt. "Five Straight Errors on Ladies' Day" (Caldwell, ID : Caxton Printers, 1965).
The book recalls Nagle's stint in the Pacific Coast League with the Los Angeles Angels in the early 1900s. Nagle pitched to the likes of Honus Wagner, Ty Cobb and Walter Johnson and met such leaders as Henry Ford and Luther Burbank. Casey Stengel wrote the introduction.
(Walter maintained his friendship with Ty Cobb for over 50 years... at age 81, Mr. Nagle drove nonstop to Arizona to see his ailing friend, who died four months later)
He has a "Walter H. Nagle" biography in: "History of Sonoma County, California" (Santa Rosa, Calif.: Press Democrat Pub. Co., 1937), Chapter 34, pp.a30-31
His obituary was found in the "Santa Rosa Recorder", 27 May 1971, p.1 col.4 (cont. p.6 col.4) It mentions that he was a principal in getting professional baseball in California, and was one of it's earliest players (a pitcher).
He was "91 years young" (as he not long before had put it) when he went to that great baseball diamond in the sky...
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