Buck Pressly

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William Lowry Pressly
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Biographical information[edit]

Buck Pressly was a longtime baseball figure and recognized doctor.

Pressly played from 1908 to 1914, in 1916 and for one game in 1922. The first basemen spent most of his playing career with the Roanoke Tigers, though he also suited up for the Norfolk Tars and Greenville Spinners. He hit .251 for Greenville in '08. He batted .250/?/.325 for the 1909 Tigers and .249/?/.298 for the same club in 1910. In 1910, he fielded 1.000 for the Tigers[1]. He hit a career-high .318 for the 1911 Roanoke club, ranking him among the top 10 in the Virginia League. The next season, he fell to .260 with a .341 slugging percentage but guided the Tigers to a pennant as player-manager. In 1913, he batted .271/?/.315 while he managed Roanoke to a second-place finish. He hit .262 with a .338 slugging percentage as player-manager for the 1914 Tars and led them to the championship. He tied for 5th in the Virginia League with 27 doubles. He managed Norfolk for the latter part of the 1916 season while going just 9 for 56 at the plate. In his lone 1922 game, he collected one hit in one at-bat.

He was the head coach of the Erskine College baseball team for a spell and was later inducted into the college's Hall of Fame.[2] He assumed the role of Greenville Spinners manager in late 1921.

He later served as president of the Carolina League.

Pressly later became a well-known family doctor. He was named the 1948 family doctor of the year by earning the General Practitioner Award from the American Medical Association. He also served as President of the South Carolina Medical Association.

His surname has also been spelled Pressley. His father was a professor of Greek and Latin at Erskine College.

Year-By-Year Managerial Record[edit]

Year Team League Record Finish Playoffs Notes
1912 Roanoke Tigers Virginia League 81-55 1st none League Champs
1913 Roanoke Tigers Virginia League 82-57 2nd none
1914 Norfolk Tars Virginia League 93-48 1st none League Champs
1916 Norfolk Tars Virginia League 5th none Replaced Red McMahon
1921 Greenville Spinners South Atlantic League 4th none Replaced Lew Wendell

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