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Andy Leonard (June 1, 1846 – August 21, 1903) was one of the first professional baseball players of the 19th century, who played primarily left field. He played for a number of teams but was best known for his time with the Cincinnati Red Stockings (the first fully professional baseball team) and the Boston Red Stockings. His greatest success was with Boston where he won six championships during his seven seasons. He later worked for former teammate George Wright's sporting goods firm, Wright & Ditson, for several years before his 1903 death in Boston at age 57 of a stomach ailment.
On Saturday September 9, 2017 The Leonard Family, Major League Baseball and The Society for American Baseball Research dedicated a monument for Andrew Leonard, one of the original ten professional baseball players at New Calvary Cemetery, 800 Harvard Street in Mattapan, MA. This is the second monument that MLB and SABR have erected in the United States.
He is buried in New Calvary Cemetery just south of Boston in Mattapan, Massachusetts in Section 3, Grave 186 approximately 12 spaces from the road.
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Check out The Original Tombstone Tourist website at thetombstonetourist.com/graves/andy-leonard for the complete biography and more exciting content!
Andy Leonard (June 1, 1846 – August 21, 1903) was one of the first professional baseball players of the 19th century, who played primarily left field. He played for a number of teams but was best known for his time with the Cincinnati Red Stockings (the first fully professional baseball team) and the Boston Red Stockings. His greatest success was with Boston where he won six championships during his seven seasons. He later worked for former teammate George Wright's sporting goods firm, Wright & Ditson, for several years before his 1903 death in Boston at age 57 of a stomach ailment.
On Saturday September 9, 2017 The Leonard Family, Major League Baseball and The Society for American Baseball Research dedicated a monument for Andrew Leonard, one of the original ten professional baseball players at New Calvary Cemetery, 800 Harvard Street in Mattapan, MA. This is the second monument that MLB and SABR have erected in the United States.
He is buried in New Calvary Cemetery just south of Boston in Mattapan, Massachusetts in Section 3, Grave 186 approximately 12 spaces from the road.
#famousgraves #gravesite #grave #cemetery #cemeterylovers #baseballhalloffame
