Mark Littell
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Mark Littell

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Mark Littell was a major league baseball player who expressed his creative talents as an inventor, a raconteur, and an author. He wrote four books himself, without the assistance of a ghostwriter, and called this series of humorous memoirs his "Thrillogy + 1". All four are available on Amazon in different formats. He was born on January 17th, 1953 in Cape Girardeau, but grew up in the lower Bootheel of Missouri, where he started honing his baseball skills at an early age. Mark was signed by the Royals in 1971 and made his debut on June 14th, 1973 in Baltimore. In 1978 he was traded to the Cardinals where he finished out his career in 1982. After leaving major league baseball, Mark served as coach-in-residence for Australia’s Bicentennial in 1988. He would spend three more seasons “Down Under.” He became a minor-league pitching coach with San Diego, Milwaukee, Kansas City, and the Los Angeles Dodgers, covering a span of 18 years. He coached and played in the Dominican Republic and was the speaker on the pitching phase for the Panamanian Baseball Federation. In 2017-2018 Mark spoke at the International AFIDE Conference in Havana, Cuba. He followed up by coaching there on two more occasions. In addition to writing four books, Mark was the inventor of the NuttyBuddy, a protective cup that won top honors from the Industrial Design Society of America. In 2016, Mark was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. Partnering with the “Wake Foundation—Helping Wounded Veterans” kept him on his toes as he visited veteran hospitals, veteran homes, and many other events related to the support of our Veterans. Mark died on September 5th, 2022 in St. Louis, Missouri. He was 69 years old. He is survived by Sanna, his wife of 23 years.
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