Edward Oliver "Peck" Monroe (February 22, 1895 â April 29, 1969) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. Monroe played for the New York Yankees in and . In ten career games, he had a 1âÂÂ0 record, with a 3.52 ERA. He batted and threw right-handed.
Monroe was born and died in Louisville, Kentucky. The Jeffersontown, Ky., "Jeffersonian" (Aug. 28, 1913) reported that Monroe pitched for "Fanelli Bros." in Jeffersontown in 1912, and the team's manager, Walter Harris, was credited with his development as a pitcher. As he left Louisville for a tryout with the Chicago White Sox in 1913, Monroe was reported to have been 18 years old, 6-feet-4-inches tall and 190 pounds.