# Mark Polhemus

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mark_Polhemus
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mark_Polhemus.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Polhemus
> Source revision: 1316729795
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{Short description|American baseball player (1860–1923)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Mark Polhemus
|image=Mark Polhemus 1890.jpg
|position=[Outfielder](/source/Outfielder)
|bats=Unknown
|throws=Unknown
|birth_date={{Birth date|1860|10|14|mf=y}}
|birth_place=[Brooklyn, New York](/source/Brooklyn%2C_New_York), U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1923|11|12|1860|10|14}}
|death_place=[Lynn, Massachusetts](/source/Lynn%2C_Massachusetts), U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=July 13
|debutyear=1887
|debutteam=[Indianapolis Hoosiers](/source/St._Louis_Maroons%2FIndianapolis_Hoosiers)
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=August 11
|finalyear=1887
|finalteam=[Indianapolis Hoosiers](/source/St._Louis_Maroons%2FIndianapolis_Hoosiers)
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
|stat1value=.240
|stat2label=[Home run](/source/Home_run)s
|stat2value=0
|stat3label=[Runs batted in](/source/Run_batted_in)
|stat3value=8
|teams=
*[Indianapolis Hoosiers](/source/St._Louis_Maroons%2FIndianapolis_Hoosiers) (1887)
}}
'''Mark S. Polhemus''' (October 14, 1860 – November 14, 1923) nicknamed "Humpty Dumpty", was an American [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) player.

Polhemus started the 1887 season with Haverhill of the [New England League](/source/New_England_League). He hit .456 in 51 games and was then acquired by the major league [Indianapolis Hoosiers](/source/St._Louis_Maroons%2FIndianapolis_Hoosiers). However, he hit and fielded poorly and only saw action in 20 games for the Hoosiers.

In 1888, he went back to the New England League with the [Lowell Chippies](/source/Lowell_Chippies). He hit .301 and led the Chippies with 14 [home run](/source/home_run)s in just 75 games.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?id=23476 "1888 Lowell Chippies"]. ''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2010-10-23.</ref> In 1889, he played for the [New Orleans Pelicans](/source/New_Orleans_Pelicans_(baseball)) of the [Southern League](/source/Southern_League_(1885%E2%80%931899)); he had another good season at the plate, leading the league in [batting average](/source/batting_average_(baseball)), hits, doubles, and runs scored. New Orleans won the pennant.<ref>Gisclair, S. Derby. ''Baseball in New Orleans'' (2004), p. 12.</ref>

Polhemus played in various other minor leagues through the 1898 season.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Baseballstats |mlb= |espn= |br=p/polhema01 |fangraphs= |cube= |brm=}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Polhemus, Mark}}
Category:1860 births
Category:1923 deaths
Category:Baseball players from Brooklyn
Category:Major League Baseball outfielders
Category:Indianapolis Hoosiers (NL) players
Category:19th-century baseball players
Category:19th-century American sportsmen
Category:Hazleton Pugilists players
Category:Lowell Chippies players
Category:Hamilton Hams players
Category:Galveston Sand Crabs players
Category:Spokane Bunchgrassers players
Category:Seattle Hustlers players
Category:Wilkes-Barre Coal Barons players
Category:New Orleans Pelicans (baseball) players
Category:Charleston Seagulls players

{{US-baseball-outfielder-1860s-stub}}

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mark Polhemus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Polhemus) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Polhemus?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.