Marv Goodwin

Marvin Mardo Goodwin

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 11", Weight 168 lb.
• School United States Coast Guard Academy
• High School Gordonsville (VA) High School
• Debut September 7, 1916
• Final Game October 4, 1925
• Born January 16, 1891 in Gordonsville, VA USA
• Died October 21, 1925 in Houston, TX USA

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Biographical Information

Marv Goodwin pitched seven seasons with the Washington Senators, St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds in a 15-season Organized Baseball career.

He was the manager of the Houston Buffaloes in the 1924-1925 Texas League. He was a member of the Ellington Field Squadron, a flying unit of the Texas National Guard. He crashed his plane on a training flight while a member of the U.S. Army Air Force Reserve and died three days later at age 34. Thus, 22 years after the Wright brothers' flight, Goodwin became the first major leaguer to be killed in an airplane crash. He is buried in Gordonsville, VA.

His main teammates were Rogers Hornsby, Milt Stock, Austin McHenry and Walton Cruise.

Related Sites

• Marv Goodwin at the SABR Bio Project