Morrie Martin

Morrie Martin
Pitcher
Born: September 3, 1922(1922-09-03) Dixon, Missouri
Died: May 24, 2010(2010-05-24) (aged 87) Washington, Missouri
Batted: Left	Threw: Left
MLB debut
April 25, 1949 for the Brooklyn Dodgers
Last MLB appearance
April 22, 1959 for the Chicago Cubs
Career statistics
Record	38-34
Earned run average	4.29
Strikeouts	245
Teams
Brooklyn Dodgers (1949) Philadelphia Athletics (1951-1954) Chicago White Sox (1954-1956) Baltimore Orioles (1956) St. Louis Cardinals (1957-1958) Cleveland Indians (1958) Chicago Cubs (1959)

Morris Webster Martin (September 3, 1922 – May 24, 2010) was a former left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched in the major leagues from 1949–1959, appearing in 250 games for several different teams.

During World War II, he was assigned to the First Army's 49th Combat Engineers. He participated in Operation Torch, Operation Overlord, Operation Cobra, and the Battle of the Bulge.^[1]

References

^ "A day for our heroes". http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/cardinals/story/20ED81950EA3C79B86257734000D0FFB?OpenDocument. Retrieved 2010-05-31.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
Baseball Library bio

Persondata
Name	Martin, Morrie
Alternative names
Short description	American baseball player
Date of birth	September 3, 1922
Place of birth	Dixon, Missouri
Date of death	May 24, 2010
Place of death	Washington, Missouri