- John Carney (baseball)
John Joseph Carney (
November 10 ,1866 -October 19 ,1925 ), also known as Handsome Jack, was a professionalbaseball player in the late 1800s. He was born in Salem,Massachusetts ,United States in 1866, and made his debut with the Washington Nationals onApril 24 ,1889 . His last game, with the Milwaukee Brewers, was onOctober 4 ,1891 , and he died in 1925 in Litchfield,New Hampshire . In his three-year career, he also played with the Buffalo Bisons, theCincinnati Porkers , and theCleveland Infants , and his positions were first base and outfield. Carney's best performance was with the Infants in 1890, with whom he had abatting average of .348.References
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/carnejo01.shtml Baseball-Reference/John Carney]
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