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Art Ball

Art Ball

American baseball player (1876–1915)

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]

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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]

References

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    "Art Ball's career statistics". baseball-reference.com. Archived from the original on 12 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
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    "Art Ball's career statistics". retrosheet.org. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
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    "Art Ball's Obituary". The New York Times. 1915-12-28. Archived from the original on October 7, 2008. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
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    "Heading Home". thedeadballera.com. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
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    "Too Young To Die". thedeadballera.com. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
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