Pelham Austin Jr., born July 28th, 1926 in Peach Orchard, AR,1 was a professional baseball player from 1948-1954. Biography Austin died April 14th, 1976 and was buried in Poplar Bluff Memorial Cemetery in Poplar Bluff, MO.2 Stats Statistics at Baseball-Reference.com. 1 Austin's WWII Draft Card. 2 Austin's FindaGrave.com page.