Amos Cross
Encyclopedia
Amos C. Cross was an American
Major League
baseball
player from –. His main position was catcher
. He played three seasons in the MLB, all for the Louisville Colonels
. His brothers, Lave
and Frank
, also played in the Major Leagues.
United States
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Major League
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
player from –. His main position was catcher
Catcher
Catcher is a position for a baseball or softball player. When a batter takes his turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the umpire, and receives the ball from the pitcher. This is a catcher's primary duty, but he is also called upon to master many other skills in order to...
. He played three seasons in the MLB, all for the Louisville Colonels
Louisville Colonels
The Louisville Colonels were a Major League Baseball team that played in the American Association throughout that league's ten-year existence from 1882 until 1891, first as the Louisville Eclipse and later as the Louisville Colonels , the latter name derived from the historic Kentucky colonels...
. His brothers, Lave
Lave Cross
Lafayette Napoleon Cross was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball who played most of his 21-year career with Philadelphia-based teams in four different leagues...
and Frank
Frank Cross (baseball)
Frank Atwell Cross was an American Major League baseball player in . He played for the Cleveland Blues for one game on May 20. His brothers, Amos and Lave, also played in the Major Leagues.-External links:...
, also played in the Major Leagues.