Clarence Geoghan "Kid" Baldwin ( – ) was an American

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. He played seven seasons at the Major League level. In addition to playing catcher, Baldwin also played

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, second base, and

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. He also pitched two games in the season. He played well until the mid-August collapse of the Pacific Northwest League.NYTimes Archives, July 4, 1897
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Baldwin, Kid 1864 births 1897 deaths 19th-century baseball players Major League Baseball catchers Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies players Cincinnati Red Stockings (AA) players Cincinnati Reds players Philadelphia Athletics (AA) players Kansas City Cowboys (UA) players Portland Webfeet players Quincy Quincys players Springfield, Illinois (minor league baseball) players St. Paul Apostles players Duluth Whalebacks players Spokane Bunchgrassers players Los Angeles Seraphs players New Orleans Pelicans (baseball) players Baseball players from Kentucky People from Newport, Kentucky