Johnny Peacock
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John Gaston Peacock
- Bats Left, Throws Right
- Height 5' 11", Weight 165 lb.
- School University of North Carolina
- Debut September 23, 1937
- Final Game September 23, 1945
- Born January 10, 1910 in Fremont, NC USA
- Died October 17, 1981 in Wilson, NC USA
[edit] Biographical Information
Johnny Peacock was a catcher for nine years in the majors. Although he hit only one major league home run, he had 16 triples. He never had more than 300 at-bats in a single season, typically getting 100-300.
He married the former Julia Bates Brown of Tarboro, NC and had two children; Julia Bates Peacock Toone and John "Jack" Gaston Peacock, Jr. He also had 5 Grandchildren, Elizabeth Peacock Bossert , John Gaston Peacock III, Julia Peacock Woodard, Julia Bates Toone and Edward Love Toone.
Peacock started in the minors in 1933. After his major league days, he was a player-manager for New Orleans in 1946.
The similarity scores method sees Doc Farrell as the most similar player. Farrell with briefly with the Boston Red Sox a couple years before Peacock came up with them.
He was at the University of North Carolina at the same time as Nate Andrews.
