finalyear death_date debutyear statvalue finalteam birth_date death_place finaldate image statlabel debutteam name throws birth_place debutdate statlable bats position article_title
1891 7 may 1912 1884 426 50 1 .197 milwaukee brewers september , 1860 idaho springs , colorado september 22 gus alberts.jpg at bats rbi batting average pittsburg alleghenys gus alberts right reading , pennsylvania may 1 home runs right third baseman/shortstop gus alberts

gus alberts

august peterson alberts -lrb- september 1860 -- may 7 , 1912 -rrb- was an american infielder in major league baseball from 1884 to 1891 .
he played for the pittsburgh alleghenys -lrb- 1884 -rrb- , cleveland blues -lrb- 1888 -rrb- , and the milwaukee brewers -lrb- 1891 -rrb- of the american association and very briefly for the washington nationals of the union association -lrb- 1884 -rrb- .
alberts threw and batted right-handed .
he was 5 ' 6.5 '' and 180 lbs .
in 120 games he batted .197 -lrb- 84-for-426 -rrb- and scored 62 runs .
an average third baseman and shortstop for the times , he had a fielding percentage of .867 .
of the 120 appearances , 102 of those games were with the cleveland blues in 1888 .
with them , he had a .206 batting average and 26 stolen bases .
alberts was born in reading , pennsylvania .
he died suddenly at the age of 52 near the brunswick flats area in idaho springs , colorado .
he had resided in alice , idaho , when he suddenly became ill with pneumonia and was taken to idaho springs to recuperate .
alberts ventured onto the streets just an hour before dying and was ordered to return inside by a physician .
the former baseball player worked in the mines known as the chesapeake group which were located between alice and st. mary .
he was employed by the clara exploration and development company .
he was buried at mt. olivet cemetery in wheat ridge , colorado .
