About Joe Crotty
Lived 1860 – 1926 (aged 65). Joe Crotty was an American baseball player.
Joseph P. Crotty (December 24, 1860 in Cincinnati, Ohio – June 22, 1926 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) was a 19th-century American professional baseball catcher. Crotty played from 1882–1886 in the American Association for the Louisville Eclipse, St. Louis Brown Stockings, and New York Metropolitans and for the Cincinnati Outlaw Reds in the Union Association.
On August 26, 1884, while playing for the Outlaw Reds, Crotty was the catcher who caught Dick Burns' no-hitter.
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Who was Joe Crotty?
American baseball player
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Joe Crotty was born on 24 December 1860 in Cincinnati.
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Joe Crotty died on 22 June 1926 in Minneapolis.
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Joe Crotty was a baseball player.
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Joe Crotty was American.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Joe Crotty. https://biography.guide/joe-crotty/
MLA: "Joe Crotty." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/joe-crotty/.
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