- Joe Marty
Joe Marty (b.
September 1 1913 inSacramento ,California – d.October 4 1984 in Sacramento, California) was a center fielder inMajor League Baseball .Joe Marty was a teammate of
Joe DiMaggio when they played for the San Francisco Seals, and was the 1936Pacific Coast League Batting Champion.He was the first Chicago Cubs player to homer in a night game, which he did on July 1, 1938 while playing at Cincinnati. He drove in 5 of the 9 runs in the Cubs'
1938 World Series loss to theNew York Yankees .He left baseball in 1941 to join the military; after his military service, he opened a popular restaurant in Sacramento on Broadway. After his death in 1984, the restaurant continued operation under new ownership, until a fire destroyed the building on June 25, 2005. The building was destroyed, but much of the memorabilia was saved.
Marty graduated from Christian Brothers High School.
Teams
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Chicago Cubs 1937-1939 (start)
*Philadelphia Phillies 1939 (end) - 1941ources
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* cite book
last =Shatzkin
first =Mike
title =The Ballplayers: Baseball's Ultimate Biographical Reference
publisher =Arbor House
date =1990
pages =pg 678
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05E7DC133BF934A35753C1A962948260 New York Times obituary]
* [http://www.sacfire.org/indexSub.cfm?page=1003&prid=372 City of Sacramento press release]
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