Charles E. Locke: Baltimore Orioles right-handed pitcher (1955)
Profile of Charles E. Locke (1932–2015), Missouri-born right-handed pitcher who made brief Major League appearances for the Baltimore Orioles in 1955; covers his early life, short MLB tenure and later years
Charles Edward Locke (May 5, 1932 – January 9, 2015) was an American professional baseball player who pitched right-handed. His brief Major League tenure came with the Baltimore Orioles during the 1955 season. Locke was a native of Malden, Missouri.
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Early life
Locke was born on May 5, 1932, in Malden, a small city in Missouri. Details of his amateur and minor-league development are limited in this summary, but he advanced to the major leagues and made appearances for the Orioles in the mid-1950s.
Major league career
Locke's time in Major League Baseball was short. In 1955 he took the mound for the Baltimore Orioles, serving as a right-handed pitcher. Contemporary accounts describe his major-league experience as brief; he did not have a long-standing career at the top level.
Later life and death
After his playing days, Locke lived away from the national spotlight. He passed away on January 9, 2015, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, at the age of 82.
- Full name: Charles Edward Locke
- Born: May 5, 1932, Malden, Missouri
- Died: January 9, 2015, Poplar Bluff, Missouri
- Nationality: American
- Occupation: Professional baseball player (right-handed pitcher)
- Major League team: Baltimore Orioles (1955)
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