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Jan 01, 0001 Brooklyn, New York, United States Died on 27 Nov 1931 (aged 1930)
American baseball player, manager
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About Jack Burdock
- John Joseph Burdock (April 1852 – November 27, 1931), nicknamed "Black Jack", was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball who played for several teams over a 20-year playing career.
- Burdock was known as a skilled fielder, and he recorded the first known out on a major-league hidden ball trick.
- He was player-manager for the 1883 Boston Beaneaters when they won a league pennant.
- By the late 1880s, Burdock struggled with injuries and alcoholism, and he was released by Boston during the 1888 season.
- He was signed by the Brooklyn Bridegrooms for the rest of that year, was out of baseball for the next two seasons, and retired after playing part of the 1891 season with Brooklyn.
