Doc Landis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Doc Landis

American baseball player

Date of Birth: 16-Aug-1854

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 17-Sep-1920

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Samuel H.
"Doc" Landis (August 16, 1854 – September 17, 1920) was a Major League Baseball player who played pitcher in 1882.
He would play for the Philadelphia Athletics and Baltimore Orioles.
He was married to Mary Ida Weidner on August 1st, 1883 and lived for a time being in Reading, PA where is continued to play baseball.
They had two children together, Mary C.
Landis (Allgier) and Floyd Wesley Landis.
Doc and Mary Ida would divorce around 1890.
After baseball he was employed as a railroad foreman, in a printing shop and as a timber dealer. He died in the township of Richland in Bucks County PA on September 17, 1920. Doc's son Floyd was also a baseball player and an actor on Vaudeville, using the stage name of Patsy Flanagan.