Morrie Martin
| Morrie Martin | |||
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| Pitcher | |||
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Born: September 3, 1922 Dixon, Missouri | |||
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Died: May 24, 2010 (aged 87) Washington, Missouri | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 25, 1949, for the Brooklyn Dodgers | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| April 22, 1959, for the Chicago Cubs | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Record | 38–34 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.29 | ||
| Strikeouts | 245 | ||
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Morris Webster Martin (September 3, 1922 – May 24, 2010) was a left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched in the major leagues from 1949 to 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". Retrieved 2010-05-31.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Baseball Library bio
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