Bill Marriott and Crypt
Mausoleum, Garden Terrace, Crypt C281, Tier 2
Bill Marriott was an American professional baseball infielder, primarily a third baseman, who had a sporadic but noteworthy major-league career in the 1910s and 1920s.
Marriott was born in Pratt, Kansas. Before rising to the majors, he spent several seasons in minor league ball, playing a variety of infield and outfield roles.
Marriott made his MLB debut for the Chicago Cubs on September 6, 1917. He played briefly for Chicago in 1917, then returned to the majors in 1920 and 1921 with the Cubs. After a gap, he resurfaced in the big leagues in 1925 with the Boston Braves, and then with the Brooklyn Robins (later the Dodgers) in 1926–1927. His final major league game came on April 28, 1927.
Over six major league seasons, Marriott compiled a batting average of .266, notched 220 hits in 826 at bats, drove in 95 runs, hit 4 home runs, and stole 16 bases. His on-base percentage was .317, with a slugging percentage of .348 (OPS .664). Defensively, he was used mostly at third base, though his minor league record shows occasional stints in other infield and outfield spots.
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Beyond his professional club baseball, Marriott also participated in baseball while in military service. In 1919, he was a member of the United States national baseball team composed of active servicemen that competed at the Inter-Allied Games held in Paris in the wake of World War I. That event aimed to foster goodwill and athletic camaraderie among allied nations in the immediate postwar period.
After his major league days concluded, Marriott continued to play in the minor leagues into the 1930s. He passed away on August 11, 1969, in Berkeley, California, just a week shy of his 76th birthday.
Sources: Baseball Reference, Wikipedia, Find a Grave, MLB.com , Baseball Almanac
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