{{Short description|American baseball player (1891–1972)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Joe Peploski |position=Third Baseman, pitcher |image=Joe Peploski (cropped).png |caption=Peploski with Seton Hall in the ''Newark Star-Eagle'' {{circa}} 1912 |width=200 |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1891|9|12}} |birth_place=Brooklyn, New York |death_date={{death date and age|1972|7|13|1891|9|12}} |death_place=New York City |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=June 24 |debutyear=1913 |debutteam= Detroit Tigers |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=June 26 |finalyear=1913 |finalteam= Detroit Tigers |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.500 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=0 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=0 |teams= * Detroit Tigers ({{mlby|1913}}) }} '''Joseph Aloysius Peploski''' (September 12, 1891 – July 13, 1972), sometimes referred to as "'''Pepper Peploski'''",<ref name=BR/> was an American baseball player. He played college baseball for Seton Hall University in 1912 and 1913. He later played professional baseball for two years in 1913 and 1914, including two games in Major League Baseball as a third baseman for the Detroit Tigers in June 1913.
==Early years== Peploski was born in Brooklyn in 1891.<ref name=BR/> He attended Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey where he played baseball as a pitcher in 1912 and 1913.<ref>{{cite news|title=Joe Peploski|newspaper=The New York Sun]|date=June 2, 1912|page=17|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4787680/joe_peploski/|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Bad Breaks for Peploski|newspaper=The New York Sun|date=June 6, 1912|page=9|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4787655/bad_breaks_for_peploski/|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Catholic U. Is Blanked; First Time in Four Years; Seton Hall, With Peploski Pitching, Hands Brooklanders 6 to 0 Trimming|newspaper=The Washington Herald|date=April 19, 1913|page=11|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4787703/catholic_u_is_blanked/|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}</ref> Peploski was {{height|ft=5|in=8}} tall, weighed 158 pounds, and was a right-handed batter and thrower.<ref name=BR>{{cite web|title=Pepper Peploski|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=March 30, 2016|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/peplope01.shtml}}</ref>
==Professional baseball== Peploski played minor league baseball in the summer of 1912 as a pitcher for Brattleboro.<ref>{{cite news|title=Peploski The Hero|newspaper=Vermont Phoenix|date=August 2, 1912|page=5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4787631/peploski_the_hero/|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}</ref> After graduating from Seton Hall in 1913, he joined the Detroit Tigers.<ref name=BN>{{cite news|title=Baseball Notes|newspaper=Pittsburgh Press|date=July 19, 1913|page=12|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4787723/baseball_notes/|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}</ref> He appeared in only two games for the Tigers, both as a third baseman, on June 24 and June 26, 1913. He had two hits in four at bats for a .500 batting average and scored a run.<ref name=BR/> He finished the 1913 season as a third baseman for the Lincoln Railsplitters in the Western League.<ref name=BN/><ref name=BR2>{{cite web|title=Pepper Peploski Minor League Statistics|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=March 30, 2016|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=peplos001jos}}</ref> He continued to play in the minor leagues in 1914 for Lawrence and Haverhill in the New England League.<ref name=BR2/>
==Family and later years== Peploski's younger brother, Henry Peploski, was born in Poland in 1905 and played third base for the Boston Braves in 1929. Henry, who was nicknamed "Pep" Peploski, played in six major league games, four more than his older brother.<ref>{{cite web|title=Henry Peploski|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=March 30, 2016|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/peplohe01.shtml}}</ref> Joe Peploski died in New York City in 1972 at age 80. He is buried at Rosedale Cemetery in Linden, New Jersey.<ref name=BR/>
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== {{baseball stats|br=p/peplope01|brm=peplos001jos}}
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