Ted Easterly
Ted Easterly | |
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Catcher | |
Born: Lincoln, Nebraska | April 20, 1885|
Died: July 6, 1951 Clearlake Highlands, California | (aged 66)|
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 17, 1909, for the Cleveland Naps | |
Last MLB appearance | |
October 3, 1915, for the Kansas City Packers | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .300 |
Home runs | 8 |
Runs batted in | 261 |
Teams | |
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.
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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 Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- Ted Easterly at Find a Grave
- 1885 births
- 1951 deaths
- Baseball players from Nebraska
- Beaumont Exporters players
- Chicago White Sox players
- Cleveland Naps players
- Kansas City Packers players
- Los Angeles Angels (minor league) players
- Major League Baseball catchers
- Sacramento Senators players
- Salt Lake City Bees players
- Sportspeople from Lincoln, Nebraska
- American baseball catcher, 1880s birth stubs