"Marshall Bridges has won two-thirds of his major league pitching decisions. He has fanned 146 big league batters, walked only 71 and yielded only 140 hits in 154 National League innings up to this season. Yet the big Mississippi southpaw has never won a regular job. Now at the age of 30, he is getting his fourth chance in the majors, but his first in the American League. Acquired from the Cincinnati Reds, Marshall hopes he'll contribute to a championship drive by the defending World Champions."
-The New York Yankees Official 1962 Yearbook
Acquired from Cincinnati Reds in exchange for catcher Jesse Gonder, December 1961.
-1962 New York Yankees Press-TV-Radio Guide
"The Yankees entered into the inter-league trading sessions this past Winter and obtained 31-year-old Marshall Bridges from the Cincinnati Reds. The World Champions sent catcher Jesse Gonder to the Rhinelanders for their new southpaw hurler.
A native of Jackson, Mississippi, Bridges broke into Organized Baseball in 1953 with Sioux City of the Western League. The 6'1" moundsman was used at first base and in the outfield before making the switch to pitching in 1955.
A family man, having been married since his first year in Organized Ball, Bridges will probably be used as a spot starter and middle inning relief man by the Bombers."
-The 1962 Jay Publishing New York Yankees Yearbook
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