Michael Joseph "Kid" Madden (October 22, 1866 – March 16, 1896) was an American

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player who pitched for three different teams from to . He played for the

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, Boston Reds, and

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. Madden died of "

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" (tuberculosis) at the age of 29 in his hometown of

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, leaving behind a widow and two children. He is interred at South Portland's Calvary Cemetery.

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