About Cliff Carroll
Lived 1859 – 1923 (aged 63). Cliff Carroll was an American baseball player.
Samuel Clifford Carroll (October 18, 1859 – June 12, 1923) was an American Major League Baseball outfielder. He played professionally for the Providence Grays, Pittsburgh Alleghenys, Washington Senators, Chicago Colts, St. Louis Browns, and Boston Beaneaters.
Biography Carroll was born in Clay Grove, Iowa. He played his first professional game on August 3, 1882, for the Providence Grays. Carroll played professionally for eleven seasons from 1882 to 1893.
He stopped playing professionally in 1889 to be a farmer, but missed playing baseball and returned to major league baseball in 1890 with the Chicago Cubs. That season he achieved career highs in three offensive and three defensive categories. Carroll stopped playing in the majors in 1893.
Carroll died at the age of 63 in Portland, Oregon, and is interred at Lincoln Memorial Park.
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Who was Cliff Carroll?
Major League Baseball player
When was Cliff Carroll born?
Cliff Carroll was born on 18 October 1859 in Lee County.
When did Cliff Carroll die?
Cliff Carroll died on 12 June 1923 in Portland.
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Cliff Carroll was a baseball player.
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Cliff Carroll was American.
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