Kittridge was not a good hitter—he had a .219
batting average for his major-league career—but in his career he was regarded as having one of the best throwing arms. In 1904, he was hired as
player-manager of the
Washington Senators of the
American League, but the team started the season , and Kittridge was replaced by
Patsy Donovan. The Senators finished with a record for the season. Kittridge was traded to the
Cleveland Naps in the middle of the 1906 season, but he only had five
at bats for the Naps before retiring from baseball. In 1910, Kittridge served as player-manager of the
Elgin Kittens in the
Class D level
Northern Association. The team's "Kittens" moniker was in honor of Kittridge. The team finished in first place. ==See also==