George W. Creamer (1855 – June 27, 1886), born George W. Triebel, was an American

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second baseman from

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. He played with four teams in two leagues: the

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(), the Syracuse Stars (), the

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(–), and the

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(–). On August 20, 1883, after a game between the

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and the Alleghenys‚ Creamer and fellow players

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and Mike Mansell were each fined $100 and suspended indefinitely for drunkenness. In , the Alleghenys finished with a 30-78-2 record and went through five managers. Creamer was the fourth of these managers, serving from August 6 to August 16 and losing all eight games he managed. Creamer was signed by the Baltimore Orioles before the 1885 season, but in March, newspaper reports said that he was very sick with

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and not expected to play baseball again. Players from the Chiacgo White Stockings took up a collection for Creamer and gave him $65. A benefit for him was scheduled for May 1 at the Academy of Music in Pittsburgh. A July 1885 newspaper article referred to a benefit that raised $200 for Creamer. In early May 1886, newspaper reports described Creamer as very ill in

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. He died in Philadelphia, where he was interred at Greenwood Cemetery.Philadelphia Death Certificate, retrieved from familysearch.org Creamer was a member of the Knights of Pythias.

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