Tom Berry (baseball)
Thomas Haney Berry (December 31, 1842 – June 6, 1915) was a professional baseball player who played for the Philadelphia Athletics in one game during the 1871 season. He had one hit in four at-bats in that game.
| Tom Berry | |
|---|---|
| Right fielder | |
| Born: December 31, 1842 Chester, Pennsylvania | |
| Died: June 6, 1915 (aged 72) Chester, Pennsylvania | |
Batted: Unknown Threw: Unknown | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 2, 1871, for the Philadelphia Athletics | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 2, 1871, for the Philadelphia Athletics | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Average | .250 |
| Home runs | 0 |
| RBI | 0 |
| Teams | |
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Berry was a soldier in the Union Army from 1862 to 1865 during the American Civil War.[1] He served in Company B of Sixteenth Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, Company A of the Thirty-Seventh Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers and Company A of the Nineteenth Regiment. He died in 1915 in his home town of Chester, Pennsylvania of tuberculosis.[2]
References
- "Those Who Served – Civil War". TheDeadballEra.com. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
- "Tom Berry Death Certificate" (PDF). thedeadballera.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
Sources
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference
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