Morrie Martin

Pitcher

Born: September 3, 1922
Dixon, Missouri

Died: May 24, 2010 (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

MLB 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 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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