Art Daney

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Given name: Arthur Lee Daney
Nicknames: Lee
Primary Pos: Pitcher
Hght/Wght: 5'11" / 165 lbs
Bats/Throws: R / R
Born: Jul 9, 1904 in Talihina, OK
Died: Mar 11, 1988 in Phoenix, AZ (83 years old)
Debut: May 25, 1928

Arthur Lee Daney (July 9, 1904 – March 11, 1988) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the 1928 season.

Daney's father was a full-blooded Choctaw and his mother was one-half Choctaw and one-half Irish. He was the youngest of eleven children and attended the Haskell Institute. Athletics coach Ira Thomas discovered Daney playing semi-pro baseball in Denver and signed him to a contract before the start of the 1928 season.