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Count Gedney

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Count Gedney
Left fielder
Born: (1849-05-06)May 6, 1849
New York, New York
Died: March 26, 1922(1922-03-26) (aged 72)
Hackensack, New Jersey
Batted: Unknown
Threw: Unknown
MLB debut
April 27, 1872, for the Troy Haymakers
Last MLB appearance
October 29, 1875, for the New York Mutuals
MLB statistics
Batting average.251
Home runs5
RBI99
Teams
  National Association of Base Ball Players
Union of Morrisania (1870)
  National Association of Professional BBP
Troy Haymakers (1872)
Brooklyn Eckfords (1872)
New York Mutuals (1873), (1875)
Philadelphia Athletics (1874)

Alfred W. "Count" Gedney (May 10, 1849 – March 26, 1922), was an American professional baseball player. During four seasons in the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, 1872 to 1875, he played left field for four teams, the Troy Haymakers, Brooklyn Eckfords, New York Mutuals, and Philadelphia Athletics.

That service makes Gedney a "major leaguer". In 1870 he had been regular left fielder for the Union club of Morrisania, Bronx, one of fifteen professional teams, in the old Association, during its last season.

Sources

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  • Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference
  • Wright, Marshall (2000). The National Association of Base Ball Players, 1857-1870. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. ISBN 0-7864-0779-4.