the local amateur team in 1893. He subsequently worked as a police officer in the city. Stovey died at the age of 80 in New Bedford, and is interred at Oak Grove Cemetery. The Nineteenth Century Committee of the Society for American Baseball Research named Stovey the Overlooked 19th Century Baseball Legend for 2011 — a 19th-century player, manager, executive or other baseball personality not yet inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. See also List of Major League Baseball career runs scored leaders List of Major League Baseball career triples leaders List of Major League Baseball career stolen bases leaders List of Major League Baseball annual home run leaders List of Major League Baseball annual runs batted in leaders List of Major League Baseball annual runs scored leaders List of Major League Baseball annual doubles leaders List of Major League Baseball annual triples leaders List of Major League Baseball players to hit for the cycle List of Major League Baseball player-managers References External links 1856 births 1937 deaths 19th-century baseball players Major League Baseball outfielders Major League Baseball first basemen Major League Baseball player-managers National League home run champions Worcester Ruby Legs players Worcester Worcesters managers Philadelphia Athletics (AA) players Philadelphia Athletics (AA) managers Boston Reds (PL) players Boston Beaneaters players Brooklyn Grooms players Philadelphia Defiance players Philadelphia Athletic players New Bedford (minor league baseball) players New Haven (minor league baseball) players Hartford (minor league baseball) players Baseball players from Philadelphia Baseball coaches from Pennsylvania American municipal police officers