- Art Croft
Infobox MLB retired
name=Art Croft
position=First baseman /Left fielder
bats=Unknown
throws=Unknown
birthdate=January 23, 1855
city-state|St. Louis|Missouri
deathdate=death date and age|1884|3|16|1855|1|23
city-state|St. Louis|Missouri
debutdate=May 5
debutyear= by|1875
debutteam= St. Louis Red Stockings
finaldate=September 13
finalyear= by|1878
finalteam=Indianapolis Blues
stat1label=Games played
stat1value=133
stat2label=Runs scored
stat2value=50
stat3label=Avg.
stat3value=.195
teams=
* St. Louis Red Stockings (by|1875)
*St. Louis Brown Stockings (by|1877)
*Indianapolis Blues (by|1878)
highlights=Arthur F. "Art" Croft (January 23, 1855 – March 16, 1884) was an American
Major League Baseball player. He played for three teams during three year professional and Major League career.Career
Born in
St. Louis, Missouri , Croft began his professional career in by|1875 when he joined the St. Louis Red Stockings of theNational Association . He played in 19 games that season, all of which he played in the outfield, and batted .200 in 75at bat s.cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/C/Pcrofa101.htm|title=Art Croft's career statistics|publisher=retrosheet.org|accessdate=2008-10-04]His next season, in by|1877, when he joined the
St. Louis Brown Stockings of theNational League , and played in 54 of the team's 60 games.cite web|url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1877.shtml|title=1877 St. Louis Brown Stockings team|publisher=baseball-reference.com|accessdate=2008-10-04] He split his playing time between first base and left field, and hit a career high .232, while scoring 23 runs, and had 27 RBIs.The following season, by|1878, Croft joined the
Indianapolis Blues , also of the National League, his last season in the Major Leagues. He played in all 60 of the team's games as the starting first baseman.cite web|url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/IND/1878.shtml|title=1878 Indianapolis Blues team|publisher=baseball-reference.com|accessdate=2008-10-04] He batted .158 in 222 at bats, and scored 22 runs.Croft finished his three year career with a .195 batting average in 139 games, scored 50 runs, 45 RBIs, and hit 14 doubles. He died in St. Louis at the age of 29 of Typhoid Pneumonia,cite web|url=http://www.thedeadballera.com/tooyoung.html|title=Too Young To Die|publisher=thedeadballera.com|accessdate=2008-10-04] and is interred at Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis.
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External links
*Baseballstats |mlb= |espn= |br=c/croftar01 |fangraphs=1002783 |cube=
*Art Croft [http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Croft.Art.Obit.html obituary] - "The New York Times ", March 17th, 1884Persondata
NAME = Croft, Art
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Croft, Arthur F.
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Major League Baseball player
DATE OF BIRTH = January 23, 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH = St. Louis, Missouri
DATE OF DEATH = March 16, 1884
PLACE OF DEATH = St. Louis, Missouri
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