Amos Booth

{{Short description|American baseball player (1848–1921)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Amos Booth

|position=Catcher/Infielder

|image=Amos Booth 1876.jpg

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1848|9|4|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Lebanon, Ohio

|death_date={{death date and age|1921|7|1|1848|8|14}}

|death_place=Miamisburg, Ohio

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 25

|debutyear=1876

|debutteam=Cincinnati Reds

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 28

|finalyear=1882

|finalteam=Louisville Eclipse

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.224

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=27

|teams=

• Cincinnati Reds (1876–77)
• Cincinnati Stars (1880)
• Baltimore Orioles (1882)
• Louisville Eclipse (1882)

}}

Amos Smith Booth (September 4, 1848 – July 1, 1921), nicknamed "Darling", was a professional baseball player in the 1870s and 1880s. Booth's primary playing years were in 1876 and 1877 with the Cincinnati Reds. He had a .261 batting average his first year, and a .171 in 1877. Booth took a leave of absence from baseball until 1880 when he appeared in one game with his old team. He also played in 2 games in 1882, with the Baltimore Orioles and Louisville Eclipse.