John Crowley (baseball)


John A. Crowley was a 19th-century American Major League Baseball player.

Formative years

Born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on January 12, 1862, Crowley became one of thirteen catchers used by Philadelphia Quakers pilot Harry Wright during the season. Crowley responded by leading the catching staff with forty-eight games, while hitting.244 with twenty-six runs scored and nineteen runs batted in, including seven doubles and three triples without home runs.

Death

Crowley died at the age of thirty-four in his hometown of Lawrence, Massachusetts.