Emmett Seery
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| Outfielder | |||
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Born: February 13, 1861 Princeville, Illinois |
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Died: August 7, 1930 (aged 69) Saranac Lake, New York |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 17, 1884, for the Baltimore Monumentals | |||
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| June 10, 1892, for the Louisville Colonels | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .252 | ||
| Home runs | 27 | ||
| Runs batted in | 300 | ||
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John Emmett Seery (February 13, 1861 – August 7, 1930) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Baltimore Monumentals, Kansas City Cowboys, St. Louis Maroons, Indianapolis Hoosiers, Brooklyn Ward's Wonders, Cincinnati Kelly's Killers, and Louisville Colonels from 1884 to 1892. In 916 career Major League games, Seery batted .252 with 893 hits. He was 5 feet, 7 inches tall and weighed 145 pounds.
Seery was born in Princeville, Illinois, in 1861. He played semi-pro baseball for a team in Waltham, Massachusetts. He started his professional baseball career in 1884 with the Union Association's Baltimore Monumentals. That season, he batted .313 and finished in the top five of several UA statistical categories, including batting average, on-base percentage (.342), hits (146), runs scored (115), and total bases (192). He also led the league's outfielders in putouts (157) and assists (26).
In 1885, Seery joined the Western League's Kansas City Cowboys. He again performed well at the plate, pacing the circuit in both runs scored (43) and triples (9). He also pitched for the Cowboys and led all pitchers with 11 losses. Seery played for the Cowboys until the team disbanded.
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