the University of Wisconsin baseball team to a 10–8 win–loss record in his only season as the team's manager, and he coached for Princeton University. After playing 11 games with Louisville in 1895, Pfeffer announced that he was retiring. He signed with the New York Giants in 1896, where owner Andrew Freedman quickly suspended him, ostensibly for being in poor physical condition. Realizing that he was being blacklisted, Pfeffer quit, leading to a protracted legal battle over his pay. More than a decade later, a court awarded Pfeffer $680 in back salary. Pfeffer re-signed with Chicago for the remainder of the 1896 season. He enjoyed significant playing time that year, but he was limited by injuries in 1897, his last year as a major-league player. After that, he played semipro baseball in Wisconsin for several years. He broke his arm while throwing a ball before the 1902 season, and that ended Pfeffer's playing career for good. Pfeffer entered coaching at the minor-league level. He managed the Decatur Commodores of the Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League in 1902. After a long hiatus from managing, he was one of three men to manage a minor-league team in Pawtucket in 1914. After baseball Pfeffer owned Pfeffer's Bar, which was located behind McVicker's Theater in Chicago and which attracted both theater buffs and baseball fans. The bar was successful until the onset of Prohibition; the Chicago Tribune reported that he sold it in 1920 for $1.50. Late in his life he was a press box employee at racetracks in Chicago. Pfeffer died of heart disease at his Chicago home at age 72. He was survived by his wife, Ida. A Tribune column said that because baseball players earned unremarkable salaries, Ida had been left destitute. The Tribune said that it would forward any fan contributions to the widow. See also List of Major League Baseball career runs scored leaders List of Major League Baseball career runs batted in leaders List of Major League Baseball career triples leaders List of Major League Baseball career stolen bases leaders List of Major League Baseball annual saves leaders List of Major League Baseball player-managers References External links 1860 births 1932 deaths 19th-century baseball players Major League Baseball second basemen Major League Baseball player-managers Minor league baseball managers Chicago White Stockings players Chicago Pirates players Chicago Colts players Louisville Colonels players New York Giants (NL) players Troy Trojans players Louisville Colonels managers