Major League Baseball Player. Played Major League baseball as a infielder for six seasons (1904 to 1905, 1907 to 1910) with the New York Highlanders (Yankees), Boston Red Sox and the Washington Senators. At best, he was an average ball player. One newspaper referred to his career as a “meteoric rise,” but in reality it was anything but. In fact, little in his professional or personal life was out of the ordinary, and his career was typical of the players of the dead ball era, with one exception: he was continuously at odds with organized baseball over his salary. Born in 1881 in Baltimore, he grew up three blocks from Union Park where the old Orioles played. He graduated from fan to bat boy/mascot in just a short time, all the while learning baseball secrets from the likes of John McGraw, Joe Kelley, Willie Keeler, Steve Brodie and the rest of the legendary Orioles, often shagging flies in the outfield with the team. After graduating High School, he went to college at the University of Maryland where he played ball and completed a degree in engineering. He started his professional baseball career by playing with semipro teams on the Delmarva Peninsula. He played in many venues, with stops in places like Meriden, Connecticut and Worcester the Eastern League. He was a "Jack of All Trades," usually being able to fill in anywhere he was needed. He had a very high esteem of his own worth, and was constantly battling over salary. He “jumped” to Sacramento of the outlaw California State League in 1902 where he played first base and short. In 1903 he shifted to Milwaukee of the American Association. At the end of the 1903 season his contract was purchased by the Boston Americans, and split time in 1904 with Boston and the New York Highlanders, playing in only 15 games. The next year he appeared in 43 games, and continued to make good with his performance, although he was never a great hitter. He became increasingly dissatisfied with his salary. The National Agreement between organized baseball clubs stated that a player would make more money at each step up in class. Bob Unglaub, feeling that he was being unfairly treated, was actually making less money in the majors than in the minor leagues. In 1906 he "jumped" once again to Williamsport, Pennsylvania of the Tri-State League, which had recently become an outlaw league. In 1907, however, he was back in the Majors, joining the Red Sox, and becoming the starting first baseman, He batting .254 for the season, setting career highs with 13 triples, 62 runs and 49 RBIs. He also took over the reigns of the team, becoming the 4th Boston manager of the season (Chick Stahl, the team's first Manager in 1907, committed suicide in spring training). After posting a 9 and 20 record, he was replaced by Jim "Deacon" McGuire. During this time, the Boston Press and fans blasted and booed him, not only because of the teams poor effort while he was at the helm, but also because of fielding problems that he was having. He asked for a trade, and was traded to the Washington Nationals (Senators) where he was to rejoin Joe Cantillon, his former minor league manager. However, he refused to report unless he was paid the same salary that he made in Boston, once again threatening to go "Outlaw." Finally reporting to Washington, the reunion revived his career and he batted .308 for the remainder of the season. After two more seasons with the "Nats," he was to Lincoln, Nebraska of the minor leagues where he became player-manager in 1911. His contract was sold to Baltimore of the Eastern League prior to the 1912 season. He continued on with stops in such places as Baltimore, and Minneapolis of the American Association. During the off-seasons he utilized his engineering degree by working for the Pennsylvania Railroad in Baltimore. In November 1916, while supervising repair work on a locomotive, he was crushed in a railroad pit. His career totals were 595 Games Played, 554 Hits, 188 Runs, 5 Home Runs, 216 RBIs and a career .258 Batting Average. Originally interred in Baltimore's Loudon Park Cemetery, he was re-interred in Crisfield, Maryland in the 1960s.