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'''Billy Sunday''' (full name: ''William Ashley Sunday'') (1862-1935) was, during his heyday—roughly 1910-20—the most famous evangelist in America. In his revival meetings hundreds of thousands of people accepted his invitation to come forward and "hit the sawdust trail" (publicly declare their commitment to Christ). Over a hundred million people heard Sunday in person, and by his account he converted a million of them.<ref name=time/>
'''Billy Sunday''' (full name: ''William Ashley Sunday'') (1862-1935) was, during his heyday—roughly 1910-20—the most famous evangelist in America. In his revival meetings hundreds of thousands of people accepted his invitation to come forward and "hit the sawdust trail" (publicly declare their commitment to Christ). Over a hundred million people heard Sunday in person, and by his account he converted a million of them.<ref name=time/>
==Baseball player to preacher==
[[image:Billysundaycard.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Billy Sunday on a baseball card]]
[[image:Billysundaycard.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Billy Sunday on a baseball card]]
His first career was as baseball player with the Chicago White Stockings from 1883-7, the Pittsburgh Alleghenies in 1888-90, and briefly with the Philadelphia Phillies.<ref>[http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sundabi01.shtml Billy Sunday statistics], baseballreference.com</ref> He was a well-known and notable player (though not stellar), famous for his running speed. He set a baseball record by rounding the bases in fourteen seconds, and stole ninety-six bases in one season, a record second only to Ty Cobb's ninety-eight.<ref name=ames/> A hard drinker off the field, in 1886 he was literally picked out of the gutter, drunk, by workers at the Chicago's Pacific Garden Mission, was converted, and stopped drinking.
His first career was as baseball player with the Chicago White Stockings from 1883-7, the Pittsburgh Alleghenies in 1888-90, and briefly with the Philadelphia Phillies.<ref>[http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sundabi01.shtml Billy Sunday statistics], baseballreference.com</ref> He was a well-known and notable player (though not stellar), famous for his running speed. He set a baseball record by rounding the bases in fourteen seconds, and stole ninety-six bases in one season, a record second only to Ty Cobb's ninety-eight.<ref name=ames/> A hard drinker off the field, in 1886 he was literally picked out of the gutter, drunk, by workers at the Chicago's Pacific Garden Mission, was converted, and stopped drinking.