Ted Easterly
Theodore Harrison "Ted" Easterly was a catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Naps, Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Packers. Easterly batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was born in Lincoln, Nebraska.
, 1911.Easterly was a good contact hitter who batted over.300 four times. From to, he collected three consecutive.300 seasons with a high.324 in and led the American League with 11 pinch-hits in 1912. He jumped to the Federal League in 1914 and ended the season third in the batting race with a.335 average. A good defensive player with a solid throwing arm, he also served as a backup right fielder. In a seven-season career, Easterly was a.300 hitter with eight home runs and 261 RBI in 706 games played.
Easterly died in Clearlake Highlands, California, at the age of 66.
