Edward Marvin Head was a former professional baseball player who played pitcher

Pitcher

In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the...

 in the Major Leagues from 1940-1946.

Head went on to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers; he was a natural left-hander but switched to his righ after breaking his arm in a bus crash in 1935.

After serving in the Army and not pitching in the majors in 1945, Head pitched a no-hitter

No-hitter

A no-hitter is a baseball game in which one team has no hits. In Major League Baseball, the team must be without hits during the entire game, and the game must be at least nine innings. A pitcher who prevents the opposing team from achieving a hit is said to have "thrown a no-hitter"...

 in his first start of 1946, but failed to make the major league club in spring training of 1947, and never pitched in the majors again. He mananged the Asheville Tourists

Asheville Tourists

The Asheville Tourists are a minor league baseball team based in Asheville, North Carolina, USA. They play in the Class A South Atlantic League and have been a farm team of the Colorado Rockies since 1994....

 minor league baseball club in 1949. A History of Professional Baseball in Asheville, By Bill Ballew. The History Press, 2007. (Google Books)

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