Ted Easterly
Catcher, Baseball Player
1885 – 1951
Who was Ted Easterly?
Theodore Harrison Easterly was a catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Naps, Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Packers. Easterly batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was born in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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.
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- Born
- Apr 20, 1885
Lincoln - Profession
- Lived in
- Lincoln
- Died
- Jul 6, 1951
Clearlake Highlands, California
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on July 23, 2013
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