Art Ball Explained

Art Ball
Position:Infielder
Bats:Unknown
Throws:Right
Birth Place:Kentucky, United States
Death Place:Chicago
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:August 1
Debutteam:St. Louis Browns
Finalleague:MLB
Finaldate:October 15
Finalteam:Baltimore Orioles
Statleague:MLB
Stat1label:Games played
Stat1value:33
Stat2label:Hits
Stat2value:16
Stat3label:Batting average
Stat3value:.190
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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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Art Ball's career statistics. baseball-reference.com. 2009-02-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20090212034126/http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/ballar01.shtml. 12 February 2009 . live.
  2. Web site: Art Ball's career statistics. retrosheet.org. 2009-02-13.
  3. Web site: Art Ball's Obituary . 1915-12-28 . The New York Times . 2009-02-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081007095825/http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Ball.Art.Obit.html . October 7, 2008 .
  4. Web site: Heading Home. thedeadballera.com. 2009-02-13.
  5. Web site: Too Young To Die. thedeadballera.com. 2009-02-13.