Art Ball
Appearance
Art Ball | |
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Infielder | |
Born: April 1876 Kentucky, United States | |
Died: December 26, 1915 Chicago | (aged 39)|
Batted: Unknown Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
August 1, 1894, for the St. Louis Browns | |
Last MLB appearance | |
October 15, 1898, for the Baltimore Orioles | |
MLB statistics | |
Games played | 33 |
Hits | 16 |
Batting average | .190 |
Teams | |
Arthur Clark Ball[1] (April 1876 – December 26, 1915) was an American Major League Baseball player from Kentucky. Ball played parts of two seasons in the Majors; one game for the 1894 St. Louis Browns, and 32 games for the 1898 Baltimore Orioles.[2]
After his professional baseball career ended after 1913, he moved to Chicago,[3] where he was a nightwatchman.[4] Ball died at the age of 39 in Chicago of liver cirrhosis and peritonitis with pulmonary tuberculosis,[5] and is interred at Mount Olivet Cemetery.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Art Ball's career statistics". baseball-reference.com. Archived from the original on February 12, 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2009.
- ^ a b "Art Ball's career statistics". retrosheet.org. Retrieved February 13, 2009.
- ^ "Art Ball's Obituary". The New York Times. December 28, 1915. Archived from the original on October 7, 2008. Retrieved February 13, 2009.
- ^ "Heading Home". thedeadballera.com. Retrieved February 13, 2009.
- ^ "Too Young To Die". thedeadballera.com. Retrieved February 13, 2009.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
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- St. Louis Browns (NL) players
- Baltimore Orioles (NL) players
- Baseball players from Kentucky
- Deaths from cirrhosis
- 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis
- 19th-century baseball players
- Memphis Giants players
- Fort Wayne (minor league baseball) players
- Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players
- Rock Island Islanders players
- St. Paul Apostles players
- St. Paul Saints (Western League) players
- Des Moines Hawkeyes players
- St. Joseph Saints players
- Peoria Distillers players
- Duluth White Sox players
- Tuberculosis deaths in Illinois
- Alcohol-related deaths in Illinois
- Deaths from peritonitis
- American baseball infielder stubs