Marvin Warren Peasley (July 16, 1889 – December 27, 1948) was an American

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left-handed

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. Peasley was born in 1889 in

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. He developed a reputation as a pitcher while playing for Riker Institute in Houlton, Maine. Peasley later pitched with "great success" for the

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, team during the summer of 1910. Peasley played

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for the

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in September 1910, appearing in two games and compiling a 0-1 record with an

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of 8.10 in 10 innings pitched. There was some concern in 1911, that his career would end due to the increase of muscle mass to his arms from working with an axe during the previous winter, though would never again pitch in the majors. Peasley later played for the

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in the

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in 1912. Peaseley died in 1948, at age 59 in

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."California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPQB-B22 : 26 November 2014), Marvin Warren Peasley, 27 Dec 1948; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

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