Bathurst Peachy | |
Birth Date: | 5 July 1893 |
Birth Place: | James City County, Virginia, U.S. |
Death Place: | Virginia, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1911–1914 |
Player Team1: | William & Mary |
Player Positions: | Left fielder |
Coach Years1: | 1918 |
Coach Team1: | William & Mary |
Overall Record: | 5–7 |
Bathurst Daingerfield Peachy II, sometimes misspelled as "Dangerfield" (July 5, 1893 – April 29, 1953) was the head baseball coach for William & Mary College for just the 1918 season. The Indians, as they were then known, compiled a 5–7 record that year. He graduated from William & Mary in 1914 and was a member of the Flat Hat Club while attending. "Peachy" as he was nicknamed also played four years as a left fielder for the baseball team, winning a championship in 1911 and serving as team captain in 1914.
His father, Bathurst Peachy, was a lawyer in Williamsburg and owned The Millinery Company, a fine goods store.