John Kroner

{{Short description|American baseball player (1908–1968)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=John Kroner |position=Second baseman |image=John Kroner - 1940 Buffalo Bisons.jpg |caption=Kroner in 1940 |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1908|11|13|mf=y}} |birth_place=St. Louis, Missouri |death_date={{death date and age|1968|4|26|1908|11|13}} |death_place=St. Louis, Missouri |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=September 29 |debutyear={{By|1935}} |debutteam=Boston Red Sox |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 29 |finalyear={{By|1938}} |finalteam=Cleveland Indians |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.262 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=7 |stat3label=Hits |stat3value=105 |teams= *Boston Red Sox (1935–36) *Cleveland Indians (1937–38) }} '''John Harold Kroner''' (November 13, 1908 – April 26, 1968) was a second baseman in Major League Baseball who played from 1935 through 1938 for the Boston Red Sox (1935–36) and Cleveland Indians (1937–38). Listed at {{height|ft=6|in=0}}, 185 lb., Kroner batted and threw right-handed. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri.

In a four-season career, Kroner was a .262 hitter (184-for-702) with seven home runs and 105 RBI in 223 games, including 83 runs, 47 doubles, nine triples, three stolen bases, and a .327 on-base percentage.

Kroner died in his hometown of St. Louis, Missouri, at age 59.

==External links== {{baseballstats |mlb=117326 |espn=23948 | br=k/kronejo01 }} *[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/K/Pkronj101.htm Retrosheet] * {{Find a Grave}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kroner, John}} Category:Boston Red Sox players Category:Cleveland Indians players Category:Major League Baseball second basemen Category:Baseball players from St. Louis Category:1908 births Category:1968 deaths Category:20th-century American sportsmen