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]