Baldy Louden
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Louden in 1914 with the Buffalo Buffeds
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| Second baseman, shortstop | |||
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Born: August 27, 1883 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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Died: December 8, 1935 (aged 52) Piedmont, West Virginia |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 13, 1907, for the New York Highlanders | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 18, 1916, for the Cincinnati Reds | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .261 | ||
| Hits | 507 | ||
| Base on balls | 254 | ||
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William P. "Baldy" Louden (August 27, 1883 – December 8, 1935), was an American baseball player. He played professional baseball from 1906 to 1920, including six years in Major League Baseball as an infielder with the New York Highlanders (1907), Detroit Tigers (1912–1913), Buffalo Buffeds (1914–1915), and Cincinnati Reds (1916). He appeared in 603 major league games (313 at second base, 176 at shortstop) and compiled a .261 batting average and a .355 on-base percentage.
Louden in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1883.
Louden began his professional baseball career playing with the Allegheny Hilldales in the Pittsburgh sandlots, before moving on to the Texas League where he played for the Greenville Hunters and Dallas Giants in 1906 and 1907.
Louden was acquired by the New York Yankees in August 1907 and made his major league debut the following month. He appeared in 11 games with the Yankees and compiled a .111 batting average and .273 on-base percentage.
After his brief tryout with New York, Louden spent the next four years in the minor leagues with the Montreal Royals in 1908 and the Newark Indians from 1909 to 1911.
Louden returned to the major leagues in 1912 with the Detroit Tigers. He appeared in 122 games for the 1912 Tigers, including 87 at second base and 26 at third base, and compiled a .241 batting average and .352 on-base percentage. He led the American League's second basemen with a 5.61 range factor — 0.86 points higher than the league average for second basemen. He remained with the Tigers in 1913, appearing in 76 games with a .241 batting average and .344 on-base percentage.
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