Marv Peasley Explained
| Marv Peasley |
| Position: | Pitcher |
| Bats: | Left |
| Throws: | Left |
| Birth Date: | 16 July 1889 |
| Birth Place: | Jonesport, Maine, U.S. |
| Death Place: | San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Debutleague: | MLB |
| Debutdate: | September 27 |
| Debutyear: | 1910 |
| Debutteam: | Detroit Tigers |
| Finalleague: | MLB |
| Finaldate: | October 6 |
| Finalyear: | 1910 |
| Finalteam: | Detroit Tigers |
| Statleague: | MLB |
| Stat1label: | Win–loss record |
| Stat1value: | 0–1 |
| Stat2label: | Earned run average |
| Stat2value: | 8.10 |
| Stat3label: | Strikeouts |
| Stat3value: | 4 |
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Marvin Warren Peasley (July 16, 1889 – December 27, 1948) was an American baseball left-handed pitcher.
Peasley was born in 1889 in Jonesport, Maine. He developed a reputation as a pitcher while playing for Riker Institute in Houlton, Maine. Peasley later pitched with "great success" for the Woodstock, New Brunswick, team during the summer of 1910.[1]
Peasley played Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigersin September 1910, appearing in two games and compiling a 0-1 record with an earned run average of 8.10 in 10 innings pitched.[2] [3] [4] [5] There was some concern in 1911, that his career would end due to the increase of muscle mass to his arms from working with an axe during the previous winter, though would never again pitch in the majors.[6]
Peasley later played for the Winnipeg Maroons in the Central International League in 1912.[7]
Peaseley died in 1948, at age 59 in San Francisco.[2] [8]
Notes and References
- News: Another Tiger Twirler: Peasley, Big Southpaw, is Added to Jennings's Hurling Corps. Detroit Free Press. September 10, 1910. 9. Newspapers.com.
- Web site: Marv Peasley. Sports Reference LLC. Baseball-Reference.com. July 20, 2019.
- News: Byron Boosts Slabmen. Detroit Free Press. September 12, 1910. 8. Newspapers.com.
- "Better Than Coombs". Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.), 21 April 1911. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
- U.S., Professional Baseball Player Profiles, 1876-2004, database (https://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 20 Feb 2020) Baseball Almanac, comp.. Biographical baseball data provided by Baseball Almanac. Images reproduced courtesy of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Name: Marv PeasleyBirth name: Marvin Warren PeasleyBirth Place: Maine, United StatesBirth Year: 1888Death Place: California, United StatesDeath Date: 27 Dec 1948Height: 6'1"Weight: 175 lbs.First Game Date: 27 Sep 1910Final Game Date: 06 Oct 1910Bats: LeftThrows: LeftDraft: Not Applicable
- "Trains in Lumber Woods, But Fails on the Diamond". The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.), 25 March 1911. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
- Web site: Marv Peasley Minor League Statistics. Sports Reference LLC. Baseball-Reference.com. July 20, 2019.
- "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPQB-B22 : 26 November 2014), Marvin Warren Peasley, 27 Dec 1948; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
