Phil Tomney

Shortstop, Baseball Player

1863 – 1892

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Who was Phil Tomney?

Philip H. Tomney, nicknamed "Buster", was an American professional baseball player for a period of nine seasons, three of which were at the major league level with the Louisville Colonels of the National League from 1888 to 1890. Tomney died in his hometown of Reading, Pennsylvania in 1892 at the age of 28 due to a lung infection brought on by Pulmonary Phithisis, and is interred at Aulenbach's Cemetery in Mount Penn, Pennsylvania.

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Born
Jul 17, 1863
Reading
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Lived in
  • Reading
Died
Mar 18, 1892
Reading

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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