Amos Cross
From BR Bullpen
Amos C. Cross
- Bats Unknown, Throws Unknown
- Debut April 22, 1885
- Final Game October 8, 1887
- Born 1861 in Austrian Empire
- Died July 16, 1888 in Cleveland, OH USA
[edit] Biographical Information
Amos Cross was the older brother of Lave Cross, with whom he split the Louisville catcher's spot, a feat accomplished by few brother combinations in baseball history.
Amos is one of only 5 major leaguers to have been born in what later became Czechoslovakia. Neither his brother Lave nor his brother Frank Cross was born there. Amos died young in 1888, before he was 30 years old. His brother Frank would come to the majors many years later, in 1901.
