Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Dudley C. "Dad" Risley (1873 in Lanark, Illinois, USA - September 9, 1950 in Seattle, Washington) played minor league baseball in 1895, from 1897 to 1899 and from 1901 to 1908. He played in 901 games, collecting at least 784 hits in his 12-year career. Perhaps his best season was 1903 with the Iola Gaslighters, when he hit .259 with 130 hits in 128 games. Risley was a multi-talented ballplayer defensively, spending time at shortstop, second base, first base, right field, third base and left field. He even pitched in 92 games, going 45-42 with at least 55 complete games. In 1897 with the St. Joseph Saints, he went 20-10 in 33 games, completing 26 of his starts.