Willard Marshall

Willard Warren Marshall (February 8, 1921 – November 5, 2000) was a right fielder in Major League Baseball who played eleven seasons from 1942 through 1955 with the New York Giants, Boston Braves, Cincinnati Reds, and Chicago White Sox. A left-handed batter, Marshall posted a career .274 average with 130 home runs and 604 RBI across 1,246 games. His standout season came in 1947, when he hit .291 with 36 home runs and 107 RBI, tying a National League record with three home runs in a single game. In 1951 he became the second outfielder in baseball history to play a full season without an error. He was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1990.