Kid Baldwin

{{Short description|American baseball player (1864–1897)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Kid Baldwin

| image = Clarence Geoghan Kid Baldwin, Catcher, Cincinnati, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes MET DP845591.jpg

| caption = 1888 baseball card of Baldwin

| position = Catcher

| birth_date = {{birth date|1864|10|1}}

| birth_place = Newport, Kentucky, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1897|7|10|1864|10|1}}

| death_place = Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = July 27

| debutyear = 1884

| debutteam = Kansas City Cowboys

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate = September 16

| finalyear = 1890

| finalteam = Philadelphia Athletics

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Batting average

| stat1value = .221

| stat2label = Home runs

| stat2value = 7

| stat3label = Runs batted in

| stat3value = 178

| teams =

• Kansas City Cowboys ({{mlby|1884}})
• Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies ({{mlby|1884}})
• Cincinnati Red Stockings/Cincinnati Reds ({{mlby|1885}}–{{mlby|1890}})
• Philadelphia Athletics ({{mlby|1890}})

}}

Clarence Geoghan "Kid" Baldwin ({{birth date|1864|10|1}} – {{death date|1897|7|10}}) was an American Major League Baseball catcher. He played seven seasons at the Major League level. In addition to playing catcher, Baldwin also played outfield, third base, second base, and first base. He also pitched two games in the {{mlby|1885}} season.{{Cite web |url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=62&pid=537 |title=Kid Baldwin Bio |access-date=2014-02-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020031543/http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=62&pid=537 |archive-date=2011-10-20 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |title=The Minor Leagues |newspaper=The Weekly Argus News |date=July 23, 1892 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=t4InAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CwQGAAAAIBAJ&pg=4078,2227892&dq=kid+baldwin&hl=en |accessdate=December 21, 2009 }} He played well until the mid-August collapse of the Pacific Northwest League.{{cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1897/06/03/102084244.pdf |title="Kid" Baldwin Likely to Die Soon|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 3, 1897}}[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1897/07/04/101107262.pdf NYTimes Archives, July 4, 1897] nytimes.com