Harry William MacPherson (July 10, 1926 – February 19, 2017) was an American right-handed
pitcher
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who appeared in one game for the
Boston Braves
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in 1944. At the age of 18, he was the eighth-youngest player to appear in a
National League
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*National League (baseball), one of the two baseball leagues constituting Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada
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game that season. He was born in
North Andover, Massachusetts
North Andover is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 30,915.
History
Native Americans inhabited what is now northeastern Massachusetts for thousands of years prior to European colonizati ...
.
MacPherson is one of many ballplayers who only appeared in the
major leagues during World War II. On August 14, 1944, he came in to pitch the bottom of the eighth inning of a road game that the Braves lost to the
Pittsburgh Pirates
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5–0. Facing four batters, he allowed one
walk
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and no
runs in his one
inning
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of work. His lifetime
ERA
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Era or ERA may also refer to:
* Era (geology), a subdivision of geologic time
* Calendar era
Education
* Academy of European Law (German: '), an international law school
* ERA School, in Melbourne, Australia
* E ...
stands at 0.00.
MacPherson served in the
United States Navy
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during World War II. He died February 19, 2017, in
Englewood, Florida
Englewood is a census-designated place (CDP) in Charlotte and Sarasota counties in the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 20,800, up from 14,863 at the 2010 census. It is part of the North Port-Bradenton-Sara ...
.
See also
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References
External links
1926 births
2017 deaths
Major League Baseball pitchers
Baseball players from Essex County, Massachusetts
Boston Braves players
United States Navy personnel of World War II
Atlanta Crackers players
Cedar Rapids Indians players
Dallas Eagles players
Denver Bears players
Hartford Chiefs players
Milwaukee Brewers (minor league) players
Pawtucket Slaters players
Wichita Falls Spudders players
Wichita Indians players
People from North Andover, Massachusetts
20th-century American sportsmen
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