Cliff Carroll Explained

Cliff Carroll
Position:Outfielder
Birth Date:18 October 1859
Birth Place:Clay Grove, Iowa, U.S.
Death Place:Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Bats:Switch
Throws:Right
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:August 3
Debutyear:1882
Debutteam:Providence Grays
Finalleague:MLB
Finaldate:September 27
Finalyear:1893
Finalteam:Boston Beaneaters
Statleague:MLB
Stat1label:Batting average
Stat1value:.251
Stat2label:Home runs
Stat2value:31
Stat3label:Runs batted in
Stat3value:423
Teams:
Highlights:
  • Led the National League in at bats with 582 in 1890

Samuel Clifford Carroll (October 18, 1859 – June 12, 1923) was an American Major League Baseball outfielder. He played professionally for the Providence Grays, Pittsburgh Alleghenys, Washington Senators, Chicago Colts, St. Louis Browns, and Boston Beaneaters.[1]

Biography

Carroll was born in Clay Grove, Iowa. He played his first professional game on August 3, 1882, for the Providence Grays.[2] Carroll played professionally for eleven seasons from 1882 to 1893.

He stopped playing professionally in 1889 to be a farmer, but missed playing baseball and returned to major league baseball in 1890 with the Chicago Cubs.[3] That season he achieved career highs in three offensive and three defensive categories. Carroll stopped playing in the majors in 1893.

Carroll died at the age of 63 in Portland, Oregon, and is interred at Lincoln Memorial Park.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cliff Carroll Stats . BaseballAlmanac . September 22, 2012.
  2. Web site: Cliff Carroll . Baseball-Reference.Com . September 22, 2012.
  3. Web site: Cliff Carroll. Baseballbiography.com. September 19, 2012.
  4. Web site: Cliff Carroll's career statistics. retrosheet.org. Retrosheet, Inc. 2009-05-23.