Albert DeGroot Martin (1847 – March 17, 1915), was a professional baseball player who played second base and

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for the 1872

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and the 1874-1875

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. He was also known as Albert May. He was later a bookkeeper. He married Emily Augusta Peverelly on May 26, 1873 at the South Dutch Church in Brooklyn. He died at his home in Brooklyn, 76 Van Buren Street, in 1915.

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Major League Baseball second basemen Morrisania Unions players Brooklyn Eckfords players Brooklyn Atlantics players 19th-century baseball players 1847 births Date of birth missing 1915 deaths Baseball players from New York (state) American people of Dutch descent Burials at Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn {{US-baseball-second-baseman-stub