Doc Bushong Baseball player

Albert John Bushong, D.D.S (September 15, 1856 – August 19, 1908), known as Doc Bushong, was a catcher in Major League Baseball. Bushong also made appearances as an umpire and after his retirement from baseball, he practiced as a dentist. Some sources credit him with the invention of the catcher's mitt.

Personal facts

Doc Bushong
Alias (AKA)Bushong Albert John
Birth dateSeptember 15, 1856
Birth place
Philadelphia
Date of deathAugust 19, 1908
Place of death
Brooklyn

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Baseball player

Career startJuly 19, 1875
Career endSeptember 09, 1890
batting sideRight
former teams
Los Angeles Dodgers
Brooklyn Atlantics
position
Catcher
teams
Los Angeles Dodgers
Worcester Worcesters
Cleveland Blues (NL)
St. Louis Cardinals
Philadelphia Athletics (1860–76)
Brooklyn Atlantics
throwing sideRight

Doc Bushong on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=bushodo01
  2. http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/0706/pro02.html