Lon Ury Baseball player

Louis Newton Ury (1877 - March 4, 1918) nicknamed "Old Sheep", was a Major League Baseball first baseman during the end of the 1903 season. Born in Fort Scott, Kansas, he was nicknamed "Old Sleep."He played in two games for the St. Louis Cardinals...on September 9 and September 12, both at Robison Field in St. Louis. He did very well in the field, handling 24 chances without an error. At the plate, he went 1-for-7 for a .143 batting average.One of his teammates on the 1903 Cardinals was Hall of Famer Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown.Ury died at the age of 40 or 41 in Kansas City, Missouri.

Personal facts

Lon Ury
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1877
Birth place
Fort Scott Kansas
Date of deathMarch 04, 1918
Place of death
Kansas City Missouri

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Baseball player

Career startSeptember 09, 1903
Career endSeptember 12, 1903
batting sideUnknown
former teams
St. Louis Cardinals
position
First baseman
teams
St. Louis Cardinals
throwing sideRight

Lon Ury on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Pury-l101.htm