Tom Earley

{{short description|American baseball player}} {{distinguish|Tom Earle}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2018}} {{Infobox baseball biography | name = Tom Earley | image = | alt = | caption = | position = Pitcher | birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|02|19|mf=yes}} | birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1988|04|05|1917|02|19}} | death_place =Nantucket, Massachusetts, U.S. | bats = Right | throws = Right | debutleague = MLB | debutdate = September 27 | debutyear = 1938 | debutteam = Boston Bees | finalleague = MLB | finaldate = June 27 | finalyear = 1945 | finalteam = Boston Braves | statleague = MLB | stat1label = Win–loss record | stat1value = 18–24 | stat3label = Strikeouts | stat3value = 104 | stat2label = Earned run average | stat2value = 3.78 | awards = | teams = *Boston Bees / Braves ({{baseball year|1938}}–{{baseball year|1942}}, {{baseball year|1945}}) }}

'''Thomas Francis Aloysius Earley''' (February 19, 1917 – April 5, 1988) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played six seasons with the Boston Bees / Braves from 1938 to 1942 and 1945.<ref name=data>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/earleto01.shtml |title=Tom Earley Stats |website=baseball-reference.com |publisher=sports-reference.com |access-date=August 8, 2018}}</ref>

In between his playing days Earley served in the United States Navy during World War II from 1943 to 1944.<ref>{{cite book |title=The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia |year=2007 |publisher=Sterling Publishing |isbn=978-1-4027-4771-7 |pages=1178}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://baseballinwartime.com/those_who_served/those_who_served_atoz.htm |title=Those Who Served A to Z |website=BaseballinWartime.com |access-date=August 8, 2018}}</ref>

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