 In 1900 , Nicol joined the Wilkes @-@ Barre Coal Barons of the Atlantic League . The league disbanded in June of that year , whereupon he joined the Detroit Tigers , who were now part of the American League . He was released at the end of the season , having batted .258 in 73 games . He returned to the now @-@ expanded Illinois – Indiana – Iowa League in 1904 and played there for two seasons . His career after 1906 is unclear , although the Society for American Baseball Research writes that he signed with a Wisconsin State League team based in Freeport , Illinois and played for them for the remainder of the year before retiring from professional baseball . 
