Homer Peel

{{Short description|American baseball player (1902–1997)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Homer Peel |image=HomerPeelGoudeycard.jpg |caption=Homer Peel 1934 Goudey baseball card |position=Outfielder |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1902|10|10}} |birth_place=Port Sullivan, Texas, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1997|4|8|1902|10|10}} |death_place=Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=September 13 |debutyear=1927 |debutteam=St. Louis Cardinals |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=June 25 |finalyear=1934 |finalteam=New York Giants |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.238 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=2 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=44 |teams= * St. Louis Cardinals ({{mlby|1927}}) * Philadelphia Phillies ({{mlby|1929}}) * St. Louis Cardinals ({{mlby|1930}}) * New York Giants ({{mlby|1933}}–{{mlby|1934}}) |highlights= * World Series champion ({{wsy|1933}}) }} '''Homer Hefner Peel''' (October 10, 1902 – April 8, 1997) was an American professional baseball player and manager during the first half of the 20th century. His career lasted for a quarter century (1923–42; 1946–50), including 21 years as an outfielder and four years as a non-playing manager. Peel appeared in 186 Major League Baseball games over five seasons (1927; 1929–30; 1933–34) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies and New York Giants. The native of Port Sullivan, Milam County, Texas, threw and batted right-handed, stood {{convert|5|ft|9|in}} tall and weighed {{convert|170|lb}}. He served in the United States Navy during World War II.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://baseballinwartime.com/those_who_served/those_who_served_atoz.htm|title=Baseball in Wartime – Those Who Served from A to Z|website=baseballinwartime.com|accessdate=July 10, 2016}}</ref>

Peel batted only .238 with an even 100 hits, two home runs and 44 RBI during his Major League career. But he was a member of the 1933 World Series champion Giants, appearing in two games of the 1933 World Series. He was a defensive replacement in center field for Kiddo Davis in Game 2, and singled as a pinch hitter for Freddie Fitzsimmons in Game 3 off Earl Whitehill of the Washington Senators.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1933/B10050WS11933.htm|title=Washington Senators 4, New York Giants 0|date=October 5, 1933|website=retrosheet.org|accessdate=July 10, 2016}}</ref>

In addition, Peel was one of the top players in minor league baseball during the 1920s and 1930s<ref name="guy">{{sabrbio|cc674b65|John F. Green|July 10, 2016}}</ref> He hit over .300 for more than a dozen seasons and was known as "the Ty Cobb of the Texas League", where hit batted .325 lifetime.<ref name="guy"/> He also managed the Fort Worth Cats, Oklahoma City Indians and Shreveport Sports in the Texas circuit.

Peel died on April 8, 1997 in Shreveport, Louisiana, at age 94.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ferrell |first=Scott |date=1997-04-09 |title=Captains Report |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-captains-report/161490679/ |access-date=2024-12-24 |work=The Times |page=23 |publication-place=Shreveport, Louisiana |via=Newspapers.com |quote=The Captains observed a moment of silence before Tuesday's game in memory of Homer Peel, who died earlier in the day. Peel, 94...}}</ref>

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