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American baseball player
Baseball player
Tom Downey
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Infielder
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Born:
(
1884-01-01
)
January 1, 1884
Lewiston, Maine
, U.S.
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Died:
August 3, 1961
(1961-08-03)
(aged 77)
Passaic, New Jersey
, U.S.
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Batted:
Right
Threw:
Right
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May 7, 1909, for the Cincinnati Reds
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September 30, 1915, for the Buffalo Blues
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Batting average
| .240
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Home runs
| 7
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Runs batted in
| 188
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Thomas Edward Downey
(January 1, 1884 ? August 3, 1961) was a
major league baseball
player.
Born in
Lewiston, Maine
, Downey played on several baseball teams after his first
professional
appearance at age 25 on May 7, 1909. Downey played for the
Cincinnati Reds
from 1909 until 1911, both the
Philadelphia Phillies
and the
Chicago Cubs
in 1912, and from 1914 to 1915, the
Buffalo Buffeds/Blues
. He both batted and threw the ball right-handed. His last game, ending a six-year Major League career, was on September 30, 1915. Downey, who was 5 feet 10 inches (178 cm) and weighed 178 pounds (81 kg), never had any
higher education
. He died in
Passaic, New Jersey
.
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