Mark Polhemus

{{Short description|American baseball player (1860–1923)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Mark Polhemus

|image=Mark Polhemus 1890.jpg

|position=Outfielder

|bats=Unknown

|throws=Unknown

|birth_date={{Birth date|1860|10|14|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Brooklyn, New York

|death_date={{death date and age|1923|11|12|1860|10|14}}

|death_place=Lynn, Massachusetts

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 13

|debutyear=1887

|debutteam=Indianapolis Hoosiers

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=August 11

|finalyear=1887

|finalteam=Indianapolis Hoosiers

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.240

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=8

|teams=

• Indianapolis Hoosiers (1887)

}}

Mark S. Polhemus (October 14, 1860 – November 14, 1923) nicknamed "Humpty Dumpty", was a Major League Baseball player.

Polhemus started the 1887 season with Haverhill of the New England League. He hit .456 in 51 games and was then acquired by the major league Indianapolis Hoosiers. However, he hit and fielded poorly and only saw action in 20 games for the Hoosiers.

In 1888, he went back to the New England League with the Lowell Chippies. He hit .301 and led the Chippies with 14 home runs in just 75 games.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?id=23476 "1888 Lowell Chippies"]. baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-10-23. In 1889, he played for the New Orleans Pelicans of the Southern League; he had another good season at the plate, leading the league in batting average, hits, doubles, and runs scored. New Orleans won the pennant.Gisclair, S. Derby. Baseball in New Orleans (2004), p. 12.

Polhemus played in various other minor leagues through the 1898 season.