Charles Harvey Gould (August 21, 1847 – April 9, 1917), nicknamed "The Bushel Basket",[1] was an American Major League Baseball player during the 1860s and 1870s.

[1] His lanky frame and long arms were physical traits that assisted him in becoming a well-regarded fielder, and he was known to rarely make errors.

[1][4] The Red Stockings, bolstered by players imported from the east coast, defeated the Buckeyes and other regional rivals that summer and fared well against all but the strongest teams on a tour from Washington to Albany to Cleveland in the fall.

In September 1867, at the locally held Great Baseball Tournament, he won the prizes for "farthest throw" 302 ft 3 in (92.13 m) and "best second base".

[10] Next year the new National League excluded New Haven but one charter member was a new club in Cincinnati, the Reds, which hired Gould to lead it.

The new Cincinnatis were a woefully weak tailender but the club did survive and Gould played another season at first, relieved of his leadership role.

[12][13] His gravesite was unmarked until 1951, when Cincinnati Reds President Warren Giles launched a successful campaign to place a marker, a monument that currently stands.