Frank Butler
Pitcher, Baseball Player
1872 – 1899
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Who was Frank Butler?
Frank Butler was an African-American baseball Pitcher and outfielder in the pre-Negro Leagues.
Butler played for the Chicago Union Giants for at least two years, coming from the same area as team owners Frank Leland and W.S. Peters.
He died of Tuberculosis at the age of 27 in Chicago, Illinois on September 24, 1899. He is buried at Oak Woods Cemetery in Chicago.
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- Born
- 1872
Nashville - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Sep 24, 1899
Chicago
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on July 23, 2013
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