Monte Cross

Full Name: Montford Montgomery Cross	Primary Position: SS
Height/Weight: 5' 8.5"/148	First Game: September 27, 1892
Birthdate: August 31, 1869	Final Game: October 4, 1907
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 15 years
Died: June 21, 1934
Deathplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Monte Cross (Montford Montgomery Cross) was born on August 31, 1869 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on September 27, 1892 for the Baltimore Orioles. In 1895, his rookie year, he hit .257 with 3 home runs and 54 RBI. Cross played for the Baltimore Orioles, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Perfectos, Philadelphia Phillies and Philadelphia Athletics over the course of his 15 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Monte Cross's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1899, when he stole 26 bases and knocked in 65 runs. However, others believe that it was 1897, when he stole 38 bases, hit for a .286 average and knocked in 55 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB
1892	BAL	N	15	50	5	8	0	2	.160	.222	.160	0	0	4	10	0	0	2
1894	PIT	N	13	43	14	19	2	13	.442	.520	.837	1	5	5	4	2	3	6
1895	PIT	N	108	393	67	101	3	54	.257	.327	.382	14	13	38	38	3	6	39
1896	STL	N	125	427	66	104	6	52	.244	.342	.337	10	6	58	48	6	11	40
1897	STL	N	131	462	59	132	4	55	.286	.379	.396	17	11	62	0	7	13	38
1898	PHI	N	149	525	68	135	1	50	.257	.337	.330	25	5	55	0	8	11	20
1899	PHI	N	154	557	85	143	3	65	.257	.335	.339	25	6	56	0	10	26	26
1900	PHI	N	131	466	59	94	3	62	.202	.289	.258	11	3	51	0	6	7	19
1901	PHI	N	139	483	49	95	1	44	.197	.281	.236	14	1	52	0	5	7	24
1902	PHI	A	137	497	72	115	3	59	.231	.289	.302	22	2	32	0	8	22	17
1903	PHI	A	137	470	44	116	3	45	.247	.326	.319	21	2	49	0	6	12	31
1904	PHI	A	153	503	33	95	1	38	.189	.266	.256	23	4	46	0	7	17	19
1905	PHI	A	79	252	28	67	0	24	.266	.332	.349	17	2	19	0	6	24	8
1906	PHI	A	134	445	32	89	1	40	.200	.291	.272	23	3	50	0	7	23	22
1907	PHI	A	77	248	37	51	0	18	.206	.316	.282	9	5	39	0	1	13	17
Total	NL		965	3406	472	831	23	397	.244	.328	.328	117	50	381	100	47	84	214
Total	AL		717	2415	246	533	8	224	.221	.299	.293	115	18	235	0	35	111	114
Total			1682	5821	718	1364	31	621	.234	.316	.314	232	68	616	100	82	195	328

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1892	BAL	N	SS	15	18	39	9	2	.864
1894	PIT	N	SS	13	34	39	6	7	.924
1895	PIT	N	SS	107	254	327	77	42	.883
1895	PIT	N	2B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000
1896	STL	N	SS	125	298	394	84	31	.892
1897	STL	N	SS	131	327	513	73	47	.920
1898	PHI	N	SS	149	404	506	93	65	.907
1899	PHI	N	SS	154	370	529	90	55	.909
1900	PHI	N	SS	131	339	459	62	68	.928
1901	PHI	N	SS	139	343	445	65	31	.924
1902	PHI	A	SS	137	373	466	66	37	.927
1903	PHI	A	SS	137	305	396	45	36	.940
1903	PHI	A	2B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000
1904	PHI	A	SS	153	276	424	47	26	.937
1905	PHI	A	SS	77	160	195	27	22	.929
1905	PHI	A	2B	2	3	3	1	0	.857
1906	PHI	A	SS	134	305	411	47	48	.938
1907	PHI	A	SS	74	169	226	19	17	.954
Total			2B	4	6	3	1	0	.900
Total			SS	1676	3975	5369	810	534	.920

[edit] Transactions

Released by Baltimore Orioles (March, 1893).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Bill Hart and $750 to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Bones Ely (January, 1896).
Traded by St. Louis Browns with Klondike Douglass and Red Donahue to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Lave Cross, Tommy Dowd, Jack Clements, Jack Taylor and $1000 (November 10, 1897).

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