Winfield Scott "Kid" Camp (December 8, 1869 – March 2, 1895) was an American professional baseball player born in New Albany, Ohio who played two season in Major League Baseball as a

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. He appeared in four games for the 1892

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and in three games for the 1894

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. He was the brother of infielder

Lew Camp Robert Plantagenet Llewellan Camp (February 23, 1868 – October 1, 1948) was a 19th-century Major League Baseball infielder. He played in 1892 for the St. Louis Browns and in 1893 and 1894 for the Chicago Colts The following is a North Ameri ...

, who was his teammate in 1894. Camp died at the age of 25 in

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, and is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

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Major League Baseball pitchers Pittsburgh Pirates players Chicago Colts players Seattle Reds players Seattle Hustlers players Oakland Colonels players Augusta Electricians players Indianapolis Hoosiers (minor league) players Sioux City Cornhuskers players 1869 births 1895 deaths Baseball players from Ohio 19th-century baseball players People from New Albany, Ohio {{US-baseball-pitcher-1860s-stub