Bathurst Peachy Explained

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.

References

  1. Web site: 2007 Baseball Media Guide . College of William & Mary . 2007 . PDF . October 25, 2012 .
  2. Web site: Class of 1914. 1914 Colonial Echo . 1914. October 25, 2012.
  3. Web site: FHC. Swem Library Special Research Collections. 2010. October 25, 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150919103531/http://scdb.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/FHC. September 19, 2015.
  4. Web site: Peachy, Bathurst Dangerfield (1837–). Swem Library Special Research Collections . 2011. October 25, 2012.