Art Rico, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Art Rico

professional baseball player

Date of Birth: 23-Jul-1895

Place of Birth: Roxbury, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 03-Jan-1919

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Arthur Ramon "Art" Rico (July 23, 1895 – January 3, 1919) was an American professional baseball player whose career spanned two seasons (1916–17), including parts of those seasons in Major League Baseball with the Boston Braves.
Over his major league career, Rico, a catcher, compiled a .222 batting average with four hits in 18 at-bats.
He also played in the minor leagues with the Class-B Springfield Green Sox. After a stint aboard a battleship as a member of the United States Navy Reserve during World War I, Rico was deactivated and hoped to rejoin the Braves for the 1919 season.
He was stricken by an appendicitis early in January 1919, however, and died at the age of 23 of peritonitis resulting from a ruptured appendix shortly after emergency surgery.