John Houseman (baseball)
John Franklin Houseman was a Major League Baseball player. He played in for the Chicago Colts, and in for the St. Louis Browns, primarily as a second baseman.
Houseman was the first Dutch-born player in the major leagues when he made his debut for the Colts in 1894.
On December 30, 1903, Houseman and fellow player Charlie Dexter were in a box watching the show at the Iroquois Theatre in Chicago when the Iroquois Theatre fire broke out; they were credited with breaking down a locked door and rescuing a number of people.
