About Art Ball
Lived 1876 – 1915 (aged 38–39). Art Ball was an American baseball player.
Arthur Clark Ball (April 1876 – December 26, 1915) was an American Major League Baseball player from Kentucky. Ball played parts of two seasons in the Majors; one game for the 1894 St. Louis Browns, and 32 games for the 1898 Baltimore Orioles.
After his professional baseball career ended after 1913, he moved to Chicago, where he was a nightwatchman. Ball died at the age of 39 in Chicago of liver cirrhosis and peritonitis with pulmonary tuberculosis, and is interred at Mount Olivet Cemetery.
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Who was Art Ball?
Major League Baseball player (1876-1915)
When was Art Ball born?
Art Ball was born in 1876 in Kentucky.
When did Art Ball die?
Art Ball died on 26 December 1915 in Chicago.
What was Art Ball's occupation?
Art Ball was a baseball player.
What nationality was Art Ball?
Art Ball was American.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Art Ball. https://biography.guide/art-ball/
MLA: "Art Ball." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/art-ball/.
Chicago: "Art Ball." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/art-ball/.
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