- Will Pennyfeather
William Nathaniel Pennyfeather (Born
May 25 ,1968 inPerth Amboy, New Jersey ) is a formerMajor League Baseball andMinor League Baseball player. The team he last played for in his professional career was theNewark Bears of the independentAtlantic League , he is 6'2" tall, weighs 195 pounds, bats from the right side and throws with his right hand.Professional career
A multi-sport star in high school, Pennyfeather turned down a football scholarship with
Syracuse University in order to play baseball at that same school. [http://www.atlanticleaguebaseball.com/bpt/news/features/pennyfeather10q.htm] After his sophomore year at Syracuse, Pennyfeather signed with thePittsburgh Pirates in 1988 as an undrafted amateurfree agent and began his professional career with the Pirates' affiliate in theGulf Coast League . He made his major league debut onJune 27 ,1992 , and spent parts of three seasons as an outfielder with the Pirates. He appeared in 40 games over those three years and collected nine hits, including a double.In 1994 he was claimied on waivers by the
Cincinnati Reds , who traded him to the California Angels forEduardo Perez in 1996.Pennyfeather has continued to play professionally after the end of his major league career. He has played for the minor league affiliates of the Anaheim Angels and
Los Angeles Dodgers , as well as a foreign team inTaiwan and teams in the independent Northern League and Atlantic League. He is one of only three players who played in the Atlantic League in each of its first ten seasons.Pennyfeather has announced that the 2006 season will be his final season. If so, he went out on a high note, as he was honored as Newark Bears Player of the Year, and was also a member of the Atlantic League
All-Star team. The Bears honored him with an in-game ceremony onSeptember 21 ,2006 , during their final home game of the season. [http://mlntherawfeed.squarespace.com/independent-league-baseball/2006/9/21/will-pennyfeather-to-hang-up-glove-after-close-of-newark-bears-season-atlantic-league-i-baseball.html]External links
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pennywi01.shtml Pennyfeather's major league statistics] at Baseball-Reference.com
* [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/P/will-pennyfeather.shtml A partial listing of Pennyfeather's minor and independent league statistics] at The Baseball Cube
* [http://www.newarkbears.com/team/roster/?id=871 Pennyfeather's player page] on the Newark Bears' website
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