Dan Cronin (baseball)
Encyclopedia
Daniel T. Cronin was a 19th-century professional baseball
outfielder
and second baseman
. He played in two games for two different teams in the Union Association
in July 1884. He had previously played in the Eastern Championship Association and the Interstate Association.
Cronin died in 1885, at the age of 28.
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...
outfielder
Outfielder
Outfielder is a generic term applied to each of the people playing in the three defensive positions in baseball farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder...
and second baseman
Second baseman
Second base, or 2B, is the second of four stations on a baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a base runner in order to score a run for that player's team. A second baseman is the baseball player guarding second base...
. He played in two games for two different teams in the Union Association
Union Association
The Union Association was a league in Major League Baseball which lasted for only one season in 1884. St. Louis won the pennant and joined the National League the following season...
in July 1884. He had previously played in the Eastern Championship Association and the Interstate Association.
Cronin died in 1885, at the age of 28.