Willard Marshall
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox baseball biography Willard Warren Marshall (February 8, 1921 – November 5, 2000) was a right fielder in Major League Baseball. From 1942 through 1955, Marshall played for the New York Giants (1942, 1946–1949), Boston Braves (1952), Cincinnati Reds (1952-1953) and Chicago White Sox (1954–1955). He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
Career
In an 11-season career, Marshall posted a .274 batting average with 130 home runs and 604 RBI in 1246 games played. In 1947 he tied a NL record at the time by hitting three home runs in one game. In 1951 he became the second outfielder in the history of baseball to play an entire season without an error.
He was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1990.
Best season
- Template:Baseball year: .291 BA, 36 HR, 107 RBI, 102 runs, .528 slugging %
Personal life
Marshall lived in Fort Lee, New Jersey and later in Rockleigh, New Jersey.[1]Template:Self-published inline He was buried at Fairview Cemetery (Fairview, New Jersey).
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- ↑ Heyde, Jack. Pop Flies and Line Drives: Visits with Players from Baseball's Golden Era, p. 48. Trafford Publishing, 2004. Template:ISBN. Accessed May 24, 2016. "Willard lives in a grand old home on a large, gorgeous tree-studded property in rural Rockleigh.... According to Sal Yvars, a former teammate of Marshall's, Willard's previous home in Fort Lee, NJ was built on a hill and had a clear and spectacular view of the city of New York from his back yard."
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- 1921 births
- 2000 deaths
- Burials at Fairview Cemetery (Fairview, New Jersey)
- Sportspeople from Fort Lee, New Jersey
- People from Rockleigh, New Jersey