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.[1] 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]
^"
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 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
^"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.