Sam Crane (second baseman)

Sam Crane
Second baseman
Born: (1854-01-02)January 2, 1854 Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died: June 26, 1925(1925-06-26) (aged 71) New York City, New York, U.S.
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 Buffalo Bisons (1880) New York Metropolitans (1883) Cincinnati Outlaw Reds (1884) Detroit Wolverines (1885–1886) St. Louis Maroons (1886) Washington Nationals (1887) New York Giants (1890) Pittsburgh Alleghenys (1890) As Manager Buffalo Bisons (1880) Cincinnati Outlaw Reds (1884)

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]