Firpo Marberry
American baseball player (1898-1976) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Frederick "Firpo" Marberry (November 30, 1898 – June 30, 1976) was an American right-handed starting and relief pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1923 to 1936, most notably with the Washington Senators. The sport's first prominent reliever,[1] he has been retroactively credited as having been the first pitcher to record 20 saves in a season, the first to make 50 relief appearances in a season or 300 in a career, and the only pitcher to lead the major leagues in saves six times. Since relief pitching was still seen as a lesser calling in a time when starters were only removed when clearly ineffective, Marberry also started 187 games in his career, posting a 94–52 record as a starter for a .644 winning percentage. He pitched in later years for the Detroit Tigers (1933–1935) and New York Giants (1936) before ending his career in Washington.
Firpo Marberry | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: (1898-11-30)November 30, 1898 Streetman, Texas, U.S. | |
Died: June 30, 1976(1976-06-30) (aged 77) Mexia, Texas, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
August 11, 1923, for the Washington Senators | |
Last MLB appearance | |
June 10, 1936, for the Washington Senators | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 148–88 |
Earned run average | 3.63 |
Strikeouts | 822 |
Saves | 101 |
Teams | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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