Al Martin (second baseman)

Albert DeGroot Martin (1847 – March 17, 1915), was a professional baseball player who played second base and outfield for the 1872 Brooklyn Eckfords and the 1874-1875 Brooklyn Atlantics. He was also known as Albert May.

Al Martin
Second Baseman
Born: September 1847
New York
Died: March 17, 1915(1915-03-17) (aged 67)
Brooklyn, New York
Batted: Unknown
Threw: Unknown
MLB debut
May 7, 1872, for the Brooklyn Eckfords
Last MLB appearance
September 25, 1875, for the Brooklyn Atlantics
MLB statistics
Games played17
Runs scored4
Hits12
Batting average.164
Teams
  National Association of Base Ball Players
Union of Morrisania (1866–1868)
  National Association of Professional BBP
Brooklyn Eckfords (1872)
Brooklyn Atlantics (1874–1875)

He was later a bookkeeper. He married Emily Augusta Peverelly on May 26, 1873 at the South Dutch Church in Brooklyn.[1]

He died at his home in Brooklyn, 76 Van Buren Street, in 1915.[2]

References
  1. New South Dutch Church, Consistory Minutes, Elder Minutes, Members, Baptisms, Marriages, 1828-1880. Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989.
  2. "Deaths". The New York Times. March 20, 1915. p. 11.


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