Sam Crane | |
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Second baseman | |
Born: Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S. | January 2, 1854|
Died: June 26, 1925 New York City, New York, U.S. | (aged 71)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
May 1, 1880, for the Buffalo Bisons | |
Last MLB appearance | |
June 28, 1890, for the New York Giants | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .203 |
Home runs | 0 |
Runs batted in | 35 |
Teams | |
As Player
As Manager |
Samuel Newhall Crane (January 2, 1854 – June 26, 1925) was an American second baseman and manager in Major League Baseball born in Springfield, Massachusetts. Crane played for eight different major league teams during his seven-year career that spanned from 1880 to 1890.[1] During two of those seasons, he acted as a player-manager, once for the 1880 Buffalo Bisons of the National League and the 1884 Cincinnati Outlaw Reds of the short-lived Union Association.[2]