Loid C. Rainwater, born August 30th, 1870 in Panola County, MS1
, was a professional baseball player with Morrilton in the 1894.
Biography
Not to be confused with his brother Wood Rainwater, who was at one point captain of the Morrilton team2 .
Loid was also secretary-treasurer of the team3 .
It seems unlikely that Rainwater actually played with Morrilton in league games.
Excerpts
"[Morrilton] Captain Flynn sent in Morrilton's own, into the Rainwater game [against the Van Buren Browns]."4
"Rainwater did most of the tossing for the team last year, but he has not got his arm in shape yet and will cover second base [for Morrilton]."5
Stats
Statistics at Baseball-Reference.com.
Biography
Not to be confused with his brother Wood Rainwater, who was at one point captain of the Morrilton team2 .
Loid was also secretary-treasurer of the team3 .
It seems unlikely that Rainwater actually played with Morrilton in league games.
Excerpts
"[Morrilton] Captain Flynn sent in Morrilton's own, into the Rainwater game [against the Van Buren Browns]."4
"Rainwater did most of the tossing for the team last year, but he has not got his arm in shape yet and will cover second base [for Morrilton]."5
Stats
Statistics at Baseball-Reference.com.
2
The Sporting News, 3/3/1894
3
The Sporting News, 6/16/1894 p.2
4
The Sporting News, 7/8/1893
5
The Sporting News, 5/19/1894 p.2