Walter Prince

Prince was born in Amherst, New Hampshire, in 1861. ==Professional baseball player==

Prince began his professional baseball career with the Woonsocket Comets. In August 1883, he joined the Louisville Eclipse of the American Association to replace the team's injured first baseman Jumbo Latham. Prince appeared in only four games for Louisville, compiling a .182 batting average. Prince continued to play minor league baseball through the 1889 season, including stints with Haverhill of the Eastern New England League (1885), the Salem Witches of the New England League (1888), Portland of the New England League, and the London Tecumsehs of the International League (1888–89). He compiled a career high .380 batting average with Salem in 1888. ==Later years==

After retiring from baseball, Prince worked for the International Steam Pump Company for 25 years. Prince later owned a developed a group of overnight bungalows known as Prince's Place on Newfound Lake in Bristol, New Hampshire. He was also an investor in Camp Berea on Newfound Lake in Hebron, New Hampshire. Prince died of cancer in 1938 at age 76 in Bristol, New Hampshire. ==References==