Henry William Moore (October 9, 1876 – September 2, 1917) was an American

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in the pre-

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. He was known as "Harry Moore," "Henry Moore," or "Mike Moore."

Biography

Born in Detroit, Michigan, on October 9, 1876,"Certificate of Death for Harry W. Moore" Chicago Department of Health, Chicago, IL, September 2, 1917
/ref> Moore moved with his parents William and Julia to Chicago in 1889 and began playing baseball professionally in 1894. In 1894, Moore played left field for the

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and played that position for two seasons. He moved to first base in 1896 and pitched part of the season in 1897. Moore went back to the outfield for the 1898, 1899, and 1900 seasons. Then, he moved to the

Columbia Giants The Columbia Giants were a professional, black baseball team based in Chicago at the turn of the 20th century, prior to the Negro leagues. Founding In 1899, a group known as the Columbia Club, organized the Columbia Giants under the direction ...

in 1901.

In 1902 and 1903, Moore played for Iowa's

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. In 1904 he played center field for the

Cuban X-Giants The Cuban X-Giants were a professional Negro league baseball team that played from 1896 to 1906. Originally most of the players were former Cuban Giants, or ex-Giants. Like the Cuban Giants, the original players were not Cuban (though the team woul ...

of New York City. Moore moved to the

Philadelphia Giants The Philadelphia Giants were a Negro league baseball team that played from 1902 to 1911. From 1904 to 1909 they were one of the strongest teams in black baseball, winning five eastern championships in six years. The team was organized by Sol Whi ...

in 1905 and helped them win a league championship, and he stayed with Philadelphia through the end of the 1906 season. Moore played with the

Leland Giants The Leland Giants, originally the Chicago Union Giants, were a Negro league baseball team that competed independently during the first decade of the 20th century. The team was formed via a merge of the Chicago Unions and the Chicago Columbia Gian ...

in 1907, playing all positions for three seasons."Frank Lelands' Chicago Giants Base Ball Club" Fraternal Printing Company, 1910
/ref> Sportswriter and fellow player Jimmy Smith put Moore on his 1909 "All American Team.""The Base Ball Spirit In The East." Indianapolis Freeman, Indianapolis, Indiana, Saturday, December 25, 1909, Page 7, Columns 1 and 2
/ref> Moore played for Chicago teams

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and Leland Giants almost exclusively for the rest of his baseball career, with exception of part of a season he played for the

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Plutos in 1913. Moore died at the age of 40 in Chicago of what the coroner called "Pulmonary Tuberculosis." Moore is buried at the Mount Glenwood Cemetery in Thornton, Illinois. Researchers working with the

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have attempted to find Moore's gravesite, but its location has not yet been discovered.

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