Frank Butler (pitcher) explained

Frank Butler
Position:Pitcher / Outfielder
Bats:Unknown
Throws:Unknown
Birth Date:1871 or 1872
Birth Place:Nashville, Tennessee
Death Date:September 24, 1899
Death Place:Chicago, Illinois
Debutteam:Chicago Unions
Finalteam:Chicago Unions
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Frank Butler (1871 or 1872 – September 24, 1899) was an American baseball pitcher and outfielder in the pre-Negro leagues.

Butler played for the Chicago Union Giants for at least two years, coming from the same area as team owners Frank Leland and W.S. Peters.

He died of tuberculosis at the age of 27 in Chicago, Illinois on September 24, 1899. He is buried at Oak Woods Cemetery in Chicago.[2]

Notes and References

  1. https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1Wcncq5-bHdOGxTTXJvRVNWRmc "Frank Lelands' Chicago Giants Base Ball Club" Fraternal Printing Company, 1910
  2. https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1Wcncq5-bHdSG5jTm9qdmNvZTg "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1922," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N7XM-QJF : accessed 03 Jan 2013), Frank Butler, 24 Sep 1899