Doc Landis Explained

Doc Landis
Position:Pitcher/Outfielder
Bats:Right
Throws:Unknown
Birth Date:August 16, 1854
Birth Place:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Death Date:unknown
Death Place:unknown
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:May 2
Debutyear:1882
Debutteam:Philadelphia Athletics
Finalleague:MLB
Finaldate:September 30
Finalyear:1882
Finalteam:Baltimore Orioles
Statleague:MLB
Stat1label:Win–loss record
Stat1value:17–28
Stat2label:Earned run average
Stat2value:3.32
Stat3label:Strikeouts
Stat3value:75
Teams:

Samuel H. "Doc" Landis (August 16, 1854 – unknown) was a Major League Baseball player who played pitcher in .

Biography

Landis would play for the Philadelphia Athletics and Baltimore Orioles. He was married to Mary Ida Weidner on August 1, 1883, and lived for a time in Reading, Pennsylvania where he continued to play baseball. They had two children together, Mary C. Landis (Allgier) and Floyd Wesley Landis. Doc and Mary Ida would divorce around 1890. After baseball he was employed as a railroad foreman

Doc's son Floyd was also a baseball player and an actor in vaudeville, using the stage name of Patsy Flanagan.

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1966