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'''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 {{baseball 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 White 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=https://www.baseball-reference.com/bio/Sweden_born.shtml|title=Players born in Sweden|work=baseball-reference.com|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/>

*Snyder, John. 2005. ''[https://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|1-57860-192-4}}.

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