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Doc Landis

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Doc Landis
Pitcher/Outfielder
Born: August 16, 1854
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died: unknown
unknown
Batted: Right
Threw: Unknown
MLB debut
May 2, 1882, for the Philadelphia Athletics
Last MLB appearance
September 30, 1882, for the Baltimore Orioles
MLB statistics
Win–loss record17–28
Earned run average3.32
Strikeouts75
Teams

Samuel H. "Doc" Landis (August 16, 1854 – unknown) was a Major League Baseball player who played pitcher in 1882.

Biography

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Landis would play for the Philadelphia Athletics and Baltimore Orioles. He was married to Mary Ida Weidner on August 1, 1883, and lived for a time in Reading, Pennsylvania where he continued to play baseball. They had two children together, Mary C. Landis (Allgier) and Floyd Wesley Landis. Doc and Mary Ida would divorce around 1890. After baseball he was employed as a railroad foreman

Doc's son Floyd was also a baseball player and an actor in vaudeville, using the stage name of Patsy Flanagan.

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  1. ^ Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1966