Jolly made his major league debut in relief on May 9, 1953, against the Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee County Stadium. From 1953 to 1957, the first five years that the Braves were in Milwaukee, he was second on the pitching staff with 158 relief appearances, an average of almost 32 per season. During those seasons the closer's job was held at different times by Lew Burdette, Ernie Johnson, Jolly, and Don McMahon.
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dave, jolly, david, jolly, october, 1924, 1963, major, league, baseball, relief, pitcher, pitcherborn, 1924, october, 1924stony, point, north, carolina, died, 1963, 1963, aged, durham, north, carolina, batted, rightthrew, rightmlb, debutmay, 1953, milwaukee, b. David Jolly October 14 1924 May 27 1963 was a Major League Baseball relief pitcher Dave JollyPitcherBorn 1924 10 14 October 14 1924Stony Point North Carolina U S Died May 27 1963 1963 05 27 aged 38 Durham North Carolina U S Batted RightThrew RightMLB debutMay 9 1953 for the Milwaukee BravesLast MLB appearanceSeptember 14 1957 for the Milwaukee BravesMLB statisticsWin loss record16 14Earned run average3 77Strikeouts155TeamsMilwaukee Braves 1953 1957 The 6 ft 0 in 1 83 m 165 lb 75 kg right hander was a native of Stony Point North Carolina He was signed by the St Louis Browns as an amateur free agent before the 1946 season After pitching in the Browns Cincinnati Reds and New York Yankees organizations he was drafted by the Boston Braves from the Yankees in the 1952 rule V draft December 1 He played for the Milwaukee Braves from 1953 to 1957 and was a member of the 1957 World Series championship team Jolly made his major league debut in relief on May 9 1953 against the Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee County Stadium From 1953 to 1957 the first five years that the Braves were in Milwaukee he was second on the pitching staff with 158 relief appearances an average of almost 32 per season During those seasons the closer s job was held at different times by Lew Burdette Ernie Johnson Jolly and Don McMahon Jolly s best season was 1954 when he was 11 6 with 10 saves and a 2 43 earned run average in 47 games He finished in the National League Top Ten for winning percentage games pitched games finished and saves Career totals for 160 games 159 as a pitcher include a record of 16 14 1 game started 0 complete games 82 games finished 19 saves and an ERA of 3 77 He wielded a strong bat for a pitcher going 14 for 48 292 with 1 home run 7 runs batted in and 8 runs scored On October 15 1957 Jolly was purchased from the Braves by the San Francisco Giants but never again pitched in a big league game Jolly died in 1963 at the age of 38 in Durham North Carolina one year after he underwent surgery for a brain tumor 1 He was buried at Stony Point Cemetery Stony Point North Carolina References Edit Pitcher Jolly Ill Brain Surgery Help Is Offered Milwaukee Journal August 5 1962 p 1 Sports Archived from the original on April 25 2016 Retrieved November 28 2015 1955 Baseball Register published by The Sporting NewsExternal links EditCareer statistics and player information from MLB or Baseball Reference or Baseball Reference Minors Retrosheet Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dave Jolly amp oldid 1159090576, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
