Emmett Key "Parson" Perryman (October 24, 1888 – September 12, 1966) was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed

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for one season (1915) with the St. Louis Browns, during which he compiled a 2-4 record, with a 3.93

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, and 19 strikeouts in 50⅓ innings pitched. An alumnus of

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(1913) when it was located in

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, he was born in

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and died in

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at the age of 77. He was inducted into the Emory University Sports Hall of Fame in 1997.

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