Arthur Frederick Bues is a former Major League Baseball

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 third baseman

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. He was born on March 3, 1888 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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. He batted and threw right handed, weighed 184 pounds, and was 5 foot 11. Art was the nephew of George Stallings

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. Bues made his Major League debut on April 17, 1913 for the Boston Braves

Atlanta Braves

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. He had just 1 at bat

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 in 2 games. In 1914 he played for the Chicago Cubs

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 in 14 games. He had 45 at bats with 10 hits. He recorded no home runs and 4 RBIs.

Art Bues died on November 7, 1954 in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin

Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin

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