Joseph A. "Old Hoss" Ardner (February 27, 1858 – September 15, 1935) was a second baseman in

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(MLB). He played two non-consecutive seasons for Cleveland teams – the Cleveland Blues in and the

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in . He was buried at Woodland Cemetery in Cleveland.

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