Marv Peasley

Marv Peasley
Pitcher
Born: (1889-07-16)July 16, 1889
Jonesport, Maine, U.S.
Died: December 27, 1948(1948-12-27) (aged 59)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Left
MLB debut
September 27, 1910, for the Detroit Tigers
Last MLB appearance
October 6, 1910, for the Detroit Tigers
MLB statistics
Win–loss record0–1
Earned run average8.10
Strikeouts4
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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 Ricker Institute in Houlton, Maine. He reportedly spent the spring of 1910 with Montreal's minor league club before forsaking professional baseball in order to finish his education. That summer, he pitched with "great success" for the Woodstock, New Brunswick team. Detroit Tigers scout Malachi Kittredge discovered him while he was pitching for the Woodstock club.

Peasley played Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers in September 1910, appearing in two games and compiling a 0–1 record with an earned run average of 8.10 in 10 innings pitched. 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.

In 1911, The Buffalo Times reported that he "may be one of the Buffalo club's pitchers this season" but he did not play professional baseball that year. In April 1912, he was reported to be "making a good impression ... with the Vancouver team" but only played in that season for the Winnipeg Maroons of the Central International League.

Peaseley died in 1948, at age 59 in San Francisco.

References

  1. 1 2 "Another Tiger Twirler: Peasley, Big Southpaw, is Added to Jennings's Hurling Corps". Detroit Free Press. September 10, 1910. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. 1 2 "Peasley Almost as Tall as Osborne". The Buffalo Times. March 19, 1911. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Marv Peasley". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Byron Boosts Slabmen". Detroit Free Press. September 12, 1910. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Better Than Coombs". Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.), 21 April 1911. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
  6. ↑ 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 Peasley Birth name: Marvin Warren Peasley Birth Place: Maine, United States Birth Year: 1888 Death Place: California, United States Death Date: 27 Dec 1948 Height: 6'1" Weight: 175 lbs. First Game Date: 27 Sep 1910 Final Game Date: 06 Oct 1910 Bats: Left Throws: Left Draft: Not Applicable
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. 1 2 "Marv Peasley Minor Leagues Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Happenings at Houlton". The Daily Gleaner. April 22, 1912. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  10. ↑ "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.