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Birthyear becomes clear in Swedish churchbook "Jönköping Sofia CI:7", the year probably got mixed up when arriving in Chicago.
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{{Short description|Swedish baseball player (1863–1949)}}
{{Infobox MLB player
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
| name = Charlie Hallstrom
| position = [[Pitcher]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1863|1|22}}
| birth_place = [[Jönköping]], Sweden
| death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1949|5|06|18641863|1|22}}
| death_place = [[Chicago, Illinois]], [[United States]]
| bats = Unknown
| throws = Unknown
|debutleague = MLB
| debutdate = September 23
| debutyear = 1885
| debutteam = [[Providence Grays]]
|finalleague = MLB
| finaldate = September 23
| finalyear = 1885
| finalteam = [[Providence Grays]]
|statleague = MLB
| stat1label = [[Win (baseball)|Win-LossWin–loss record]]
| stat1value = 0-10–1
| stat2label = [[Earned run average]]
| stat2value = 11.00
| stat3label = [[Strikeout]]s
| stat3value = 2
| teams = <nowiki></nowiki>
*[[Providence Grays]] ({{bybaseball year|1885}})
}}
'''Charles E. Hallstrom''' (January 22, 1863<ref name="jonkoping">Swedish churchbook "Jönköping Sofia CI:7"</ref> – May 6, 1949), nicknamed the "Swedish Wonder", was a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[Major League Baseball]] player who [[pitcher|pitched]] one game for the {{bybaseball year|1885}} [[Providence Grays]] of the [[National League (baseball)|National League]].<ref name="retrosheet">{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/H/Phallc102.htm|title=Charlie Hallstrom's career statistics|work=retrosheet.org|publisher=Retrosheet, Inc|accessdate=2009-05-26}}</ref> The Grays were in need of a pitcher for that daysday's game versus the [[Chicago CubsWhite Stockings (1870–89)|Chicago White Stockings]], and used Hallstrom, a local Chicago amateur player.<ref name="snyder46">Snyder, p. 46</ref> Hallstrom is the [[List of countries with their first Major League Baseball player|first of four Major League Baseball]] players born in Sweden.<ref name="swedenborn">{{cite web|url=httphttps://www.baseball-reference.com/bio/Sweden_born.shtml|title=Players born in Sweden|work=baseball-reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=2009-05-26}}</ref> He was born in [[Jönköping]], Sweden, and died in Chicago at the age of 86.<ref name=retrosheet/> He is interred at the [[All Saints Cemetery]] in [[Des Plaines, Illinois]].<ref name=retrosheet/>
 
==References==
;General
*Snyder, John. 2005. ''[httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=byb0zp0uuZIC&pg=PA46&lpg=PA46&dq=%22the+swedish+wonder%22+hallstrom&sourcepg=bl&ots=Rd1PG3xKlN&sig=YlF5f7NUO8ODYCAwoRqbMH_2abQ&hl=en&ei=FXq6Sd7IAc3dtgeMjOWXBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA46,M1PA46 Cubs journal: year by year & day by day with the Chicago Cubs since 1876]''. Emmis Books. {{ISBN 1578601924|1-57860-192-4}}.
;Specific
{{Reflist}}
 
==External links==
*{{baseballstatsBaseballstats|br=h/hallsch01|brm=hallst001cha}}
 
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{{Persondata
|NAME = Hallstrom, Charlie
|ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Hallstrom Charles E.; Swedish Wonder
|SHORT DESCRIPTION = Major League Baseball player
|DATE OF BIRTH = January 22, 1864
|PLACE OF BIRTH = Jönköping, Sweden
|DATE OF DEATH = May 06, 1949
|PLACE OF DEATH = Chicago, Illinois
}}
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