Phil Tomney | |
Position: | Shortstop |
Bats: | Right |
Throws: | Right |
Birth Date: | 1863 6, mf=yes |
Birth Place: | Reading, Pennsylvania, US |
Death Place: | Reading, Pennsylvania, US |
Debutleague: | MLB |
Debutdate: | September 7 |
Debutyear: | 1888 |
Debutteam: | Louisville Colonels |
Finalleague: | MLB |
Finaldate: | October 14 |
Finalyear: | 1890 |
Finalteam: | Louisville Colonels |
Statleague: | MLB |
Stat1label: | Batting average |
Stat1value: | .232 |
Stat2label: | Home runs |
Stat2value: | 5 |
Stat3label: | RBIs |
Stat3value: | 100 |
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Philip H. "Buster" Tomney (July 17, 1863 – March 18, 1892) was an American professional baseball player for a period of nine seasons, three of which were at the major league level with the Louisville Colonels of the National League from to .[1] Tomney died in his hometown of Reading, Pennsylvania in 1892 at the age of 28 due to a lung infection brought on by pulmonary phithisis (tuberculosis), and is interred at Aulenbach's Cemetery in Mount Penn, Pennsylvania.[1] [2]