:Lou Sylvester

{{Short description|American baseball player (1855–1936)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Lou Sylvester

|image=Lou Sylvester.jpg

|position=Outfielder

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date=February 14, 1855

|birth_place=Springfield, Illinois, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1936|5|5|1855|2|14}}

|death_place=Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 18

|debutyear=1884

|debutteam=Cincinnati Outlaw Reds

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=August 14

|finalyear=1887

|finalteam=St. Louis Browns

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.243

|stat2label=Hits

|stat2value=159

|stat3label=Runs

|stat3value=138

|teams=

• Cincinnati Outlaw Reds ({{Baseball year|1884}})
• Louisville Colonels ({{Baseball year|1886}})
• Cincinnati Red Stockings ({{Baseball year|1886}})
• St. Louis Browns ({{Baseball year|1887}})

}}

Louis J. Sylvester (February 14, 1855 – May 5, 1936), was an American Major League Baseball player who played outfielder from {{baseball year|1882}}-{{baseball year|1887}}. He would play for the Cincinnati Outlaw Reds, Cincinnati Red Stockings, Louisville Colonels, and St. Louis Browns.