Buck Pressly

William Lowry Pressly
(Doc)

• Throws Right
• School Erskine College
• Born December 2, 1886 in Due West, SC USA
• Died September 27, 1954 in Due West, SC USA

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Biographical information

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. 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. 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

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