John Morrissey (baseball)

John Morrissey
John Morrissey
	Third baseman
	Born: December 30, 1856; Janesville, Wisconsin
	Died: Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist.; Janesville, Wisconsin
Batted: Unknown	Threw: Unknown
MLB debut
	May 2, 1881, for the Buffalo Bisons
Last MLB appearance
	May 14, 1881, for the Buffalo Bisons
MLB statistics
Games	12
Hits	10
Average	.213
Teams
	Buffalo Bisons (1881);

John J. Morrissey (December 30, 1856 – April 29, 1884) was an American Major League Baseball player from Janesville, Wisconsin, who played third base for the 1881 Buffalo Bisons. His Major League career lasted 12 games over the course of 13 days. From May 2 to May 12, he batted 47 times, collected 10 hits for a .213 batting average. In the field, he committed five errors for a .865 fielding percentage. His brother Tom Morrissey also played Major League Baseball.^[1]

Morrissey died of consumption (tuberculosis)^[2] in his hometown of Janesville, and is interred at Mount Olivet Cemetery.^[1]

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