About Doc Landis
Lived 1854 – 1920 (aged 66). Doc Landis was an American baseball player.
Samuel H. "Doc" Landis (August 16, 1854 – unknown) was an American Major League Baseball player who played pitcher in .
Biography Landis would play for the Philadelphia Athletics and Baltimore Orioles. He was married to Mary Ida Weidner on August 1, 1883, and lived for a time in Reading, Pennsylvania where he continued to play baseball. They had two children together, Mary C. Landis (Allgier) and Floyd Wesley Landis. Doc and Mary Ida would divorce around 1890. After baseball he was employed as a railroad foreman
Doc's son Floyd was also a baseball player and an actor in vaudeville, using the stage name of Patsy Flanagan.
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Who was Doc Landis?
American baseball player (1854–1920)
When was Doc Landis born?
Doc Landis was born on 16 August 1854 in Philadelphia.
When did Doc Landis die?
Doc Landis died on 17 September 1920.
What was Doc Landis's occupation?
Doc Landis was a baseball player.
What nationality was Doc Landis?
Doc Landis was American.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Doc Landis. https://biography.guide/doc-landis/
MLA: "Doc Landis." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/doc-landis/.
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