 Known as a hard-working, affable man, and one of the best humored men in the game, he played every game in 1868, and all but one 1869.He fielding prowess was so well known that fellow players began calling him 'the bushel-basket'.When the NABBP permitted professionalism for 1869, Red Stockings manager, Harry Wright, kept Gould and three other players from his 1868 team, then filled the rest with eastern players to complete the team.