Firpo Marberry, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 30-Nov-1898
Place of Birth: Streetman, Texas, United States
Date of Death: 30-Jun-1976
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Firpo Marberry
- Frederick "Firpo" Marberry (November 30, 1898 – June 30, 1976) was an American right-handed starting and relief pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1923 to 1936, most notably with the Washington Senators.
- The sport's first prominent reliever, he has been retroactively credited as having been the first pitcher to record 20 saves in a season, the first to make 50 relief appearances in a season or 300 in a career, and the only pitcher to lead the major leagues in saves six times.
- Since relief pitching was still seen as a lesser calling in a time when starters were only removed when clearly ineffective, Marberry also started 187 games in his career, posting a 94–52 record as a starter for a .644 winning percentage.
- He pitched in later years for the Detroit Tigers (1933–1935) and New York Giants (1936) before ending his career in Washington.
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