Ted Easterly

Ted Easterly
Catcher
Born: (1885-04-20)April 20, 1885 Lincoln, Nebraska
Died: July 6, 1951(1951-07-06) (aged 66) Clearlake Highlands, California
Batted: Left	Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 17, 1909 for the Cleveland Naps
Last MLB appearance
October 3, 1915 for the Kansas City Packers
Career statistics
Batting average	.300
Home runs	8
Runs batted in	261
Teams
Cleveland Naps (1909–1912) Chicago White Sox (1912–1913) Kansas City Packers (1914–1915)

Theodore Harrison (Ted) Easterly (April 20, 1885 – July 6, 1951) was a catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Naps (1909–1912), Chicago White Sox (1912–1913) and Kansas City Packers (1914–1915). Easterly batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was born in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Easterly was a good contact hitter who batted over .300 four times. From 1910 to 1912, he collected three consecutive .300 seasons with a high .324 in 1911 and led the American League with 11 pinch-hits in 1912. He jumped to the Federal League in 1914 and ended the season third in the batting race with a .335 average. A good defensive player with a solid throwing arm, he also served as a backup right fielder.

In a seven-season career, Easterly was a .300 hitter with eight home runs and 261 RBI in 706 games played.

Easterly died in Clearlake Highlands, California, at the age of 66.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
• Ted Easterly at Find a Grave
• Baseball Almanac
• Retrosheet

Persondata
Name	Easterly, Theodore Harrison
Alternative names	Easterly, "Ted"
Short description	American MLB catcher
Date of birth	April 20, 1885
Place of birth	Lincoln, Nebraska
Date of death	July 6, 1951
Place of death	Clearlake Highlands, California