cause of death: Pluero Pneumonia
∼August Peterson Alberts (September 1860 – May 7, 1912) was an American infielder in Major League Baseball from 1884 to 1891. He played for the Pittsburgh Alleghenys (1884), Cleveland Blues (1888), and the Milwaukee Brewers (1891) of the American Association and very briefly for the Washington Nationals of the Union Association (1884). Alberts threw and batted right-handed. He was 5'6 ½" and 180 lbs.[1]
In 120 games he batted .197 (84-for-426) 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. He 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 interred at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
Augustus "Gus" Peterson Alberts was born in September 1860 Reading, Pennsylvania. He played baseball from 1884 to 1891. He played for the Pittsburgh Alleghenys and the Cleveland team of the Nationals League. He was owner and manager of the Topeka baseball team of the Western Association. He moved to Colorado in the fall of 1911. Towards the end of his life, he was mining with his son George on the Chesapeake group of mines, between Alice and St. Mary Lake, Colorado, for the Clara Exploration and Development Company. He died of pleural pneumonia on May 7, 1912, aged about 52, at the Brunswick flats in Idaho Springs, Colorado.
Alberts married. He had a son George, two daughters in Topeka, and a son in Alice, Colorado. He was buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
Sources:
(1) Gus Alberts Stats, "Baseball Almanac" – https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=albergu01
(2) Gus Alberts, "Baseball Reference" – https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/albergu01.shtml
(3) Gus Alberts Dead; 8 May 1912; The Topeka State Journal; 10 – https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-topeka-state-journal-gus-alberts-dea/146462227/
(4) August P. Alberts...; 9 May 1912; The Dispatch; 10 – https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-dispatch-august-p-alberts-9-may/146462260/
(5) August Peterson Alberts...; 11 May 1912; The Idaho Springs Siftings-News; 1 – https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-springs-siftings-news-august-p/146462278/
(6) Gus Alberts; 12 May 1912; The Morning Examiner; 2 – https://www.newspapers.com/article/morning-examiner-gus-alberts-12-may-191/146462300/
cause of death: Pluero Pneumonia
∼August Peterson Alberts (September 1860 – May 7, 1912) was an American infielder in Major League Baseball from 1884 to 1891. He played for the Pittsburgh Alleghenys (1884), Cleveland Blues (1888), and the Milwaukee Brewers (1891) of the American Association and very briefly for the Washington Nationals of the Union Association (1884). Alberts threw and batted right-handed. He was 5'6 ½" and 180 lbs.[1]
In 120 games he batted .197 (84-for-426) 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. He 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 interred at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
Augustus "Gus" Peterson Alberts was born in September 1860 Reading, Pennsylvania. He played baseball from 1884 to 1891. He played for the Pittsburgh Alleghenys and the Cleveland team of the Nationals League. He was owner and manager of the Topeka baseball team of the Western Association. He moved to Colorado in the fall of 1911. Towards the end of his life, he was mining with his son George on the Chesapeake group of mines, between Alice and St. Mary Lake, Colorado, for the Clara Exploration and Development Company. He died of pleural pneumonia on May 7, 1912, aged about 52, at the Brunswick flats in Idaho Springs, Colorado.
Alberts married. He had a son George, two daughters in Topeka, and a son in Alice, Colorado. He was buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
Sources:
(1) Gus Alberts Stats, "Baseball Almanac" – https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=albergu01
(2) Gus Alberts, "Baseball Reference" – https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/albergu01.shtml
(3) Gus Alberts Dead; 8 May 1912; The Topeka State Journal; 10 – https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-topeka-state-journal-gus-alberts-dea/146462227/
(4) August P. Alberts...; 9 May 1912; The Dispatch; 10 – https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-dispatch-august-p-alberts-9-may/146462260/
(5) August Peterson Alberts...; 11 May 1912; The Idaho Springs Siftings-News; 1 – https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-springs-siftings-news-august-p/146462278/
(6) Gus Alberts; 12 May 1912; The Morning Examiner; 2 – https://www.newspapers.com/article/morning-examiner-gus-alberts-12-may-191/146462300/
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