Pembroke Finlayson

{{short description|American baseball player (1888-1912)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Pembroke Finlayson

|position=Pitcher

|image=Pembroke+FInlayson+photo.jpg

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1888|7|31}}

|birth_place=Cheraw, South Carolina

|death_date={{death date and age|1912|3|6|1888|7|31}}

|death_place=Brooklyn, New York

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=June 6

|debutyear=1908

|debutteam=Brooklyn Superbas

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 1

|finalyear=1909

|finalteam= Brooklyn Superbas

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=0–0

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=11.05

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=2

|teams=

• Brooklyn Superbas ({{Baseball year|1908}}–{{Baseball year|1909}})

}}

Pembroke Finlayson (known as the "Midget Twirler"[http://rsparlourtricks.blogspot.com/2007/07/little-hurler-big-name-weak-heart.html Ron Schuler's Parlour Tricks: Little Hurler, Big Name, Weak Heart] at blogspot.com) (July 31, 1888 in Cheraw, South Carolina – March 6, 1912 in Brooklyn, New York) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched in the 1908 and 1909 seasons with the Brooklyn Superbas. While playing in the minors in 1910 he was diagnosed with a serious heart problem and underwent surgery. However, he attempted to return to baseball too soon into his recovery and died in 1912.