{{Short description|American baseball player and physician (1886–1954)}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Buck Pressly |image= |position=First baseman / Manager |bats=Unknown |throws=Unknown |birth_name=William Lowry Pressly |birth_date={{Birth date|1886|12|2}} |birth_place=Due West, South Carolina, US |death_date={{Death date and age|1954|9|27|1886|12|2}} |death_place=Due West, South Carolina, US }} '''William Lowry "Buck" Pressly'''{{efn|His surname has also been spelled ''Pressley''.}}{{efn|William Lowry Pressly should not be confused with another "W. L. Pressly", William Laurens Pressly (1837–1906), who served as president of Erskine Theological Seminary and was the son of Ebenezer Erskine Pressly.}} (December 2, 1886 – September 27, 1954) was an American professional baseball first baseman and manager, and also a physician.
==Biography== Pressly was born in Due West, South Carolina, in 1886 and died there in 1954. His father, John Lowry Pressly (1857–1933), was a professor of Greek and Latin at Erskine College. Buck Pressly attended Erskine College and Emory College.<ref name=HJA12148 /> He is an inductee of the Erskine College Hall of Fame.<ref>[http://erskinesports.com/hof.aspx?hof=107&path=&kiosk= ErskineSports.com]</ref>
===Baseball career=== Pressly played in minor league baseball from 1908 to 1914, in 1916 and for one game in 1922.<ref name=lawrencejournalworld5337>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=63ZdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WlwNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2488,1007541&dq=buck-pressley&hl=en May 3, 1937 ''Lawrence Journal-World'']</ref> Primarily a first baseman, he spent most of his playing career with the Roanoke Tigers and also suited up for the Norfolk Tars and Greenville Spinners.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=pressl002wil BR Minors page]</ref> In 1910, he had a 1.000 fielding percentage for the Tigers, and in his lone 1922 game, he collected one hit in one at bat, for a 1.000 batting average.<ref name=lawrencejournalworld5337 />
Pressly also served as manager of several teams. He initially managed the Tigers in 1912 and 1913 and then the Tars for a couple years, winning pennants in 1912 and 1914. Following 1914, he left baseball to become a doctor, but later returned to the sport.<ref name=HJA12148 /> He assumed the role of Greenville Spinners manager in late 1921.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130124154221/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=k5ZIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tQkNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5267,338492&dq=buck-pressley&hl=en September 21, 1921 ''News and Courier'']</ref> Pressly later served as president of the Carolina League.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FApEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jrAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4202,658241&dq=buck-pressley&hl=en February 19, 1924 ''The Observer'']</ref> He also was the head coach of the Erskine College baseball team.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IDUsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8ckEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6946,1892630&dq=buck-pressley&hl=en August 2, 1921 ''Herald-Journal'']</ref>
===Medical career=== Pressly became a well-known family doctor. He was named the 1948 family doctor of the year by earning the General Practitioner Award from the American Medical Association.<ref name=HJA12148>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SF0sAAAAIBAJ&sjid=J8sEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5463,3232044&dq=buck-pressly&hl=en December 1, 1948 ''Herald-Journal'']</ref> He also served as President of the South Carolina Medical Association.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=w1gsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4coEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7076,4204805&dq=buck-pressley+president&hl=en October 20, 1940 ''Herald-Journal'']</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pressly, Buck}} Category:1886 births Category:1954 deaths Category:Baseball players from Abbeville County, South Carolina Category:Baseball first basemen Category:Anderson Electricians players Category:Greenville Spinners players Category:Roanoke Tigers players Category:Norfolk Tars players Category:Minor league baseball managers Category:Medical doctors from South Carolina Category:20th-century American sportsmen