| Buttercup Dickerson | |
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| Outfielder | |
| Born: Lewis Pessano Dickerson October 11, 1858 Tyaskin, Maryland | |
| Died: July 23, 1920 (aged 62) Baltimore, Maryland | |
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| July 15, 1878, for the Cincinnati Reds | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| June 1, 1885, for the Buffalo Bisons | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .284 |
| Hits | 500 |
| Runs scored | 302 |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
Lewis Pessano "Buttercup" Dickerson (October 11, 1858 – July 23, 1920) was a 19th-century Major League Baseball outfielder. Born in Tyaskin, Maryland, he played a total of seven seasons in the majors, splitting time between eight teams in three different leagues.[1] He is credited by the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame as the first Italian-American to play in the majors,[2] but conversations with family members have called into question whether the family has any Italian ancestry.
- ^ "Buttercup Dickerson Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
- ^ "Biography". niasf.com. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved August 7, 2007.