Professional baseball player 1952-1956. Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers.
Served in the US Army, Korean War.
A professional baseball player, he had three cups of coffee as a pitcher with the Detroit Tigers in the 1950s.
He went into the army after his 1952 appearance with the Tigers, and while in the army played on the Fort Leonard Wood Hilltoppers, the winners of the 1953 National Baseball Congress World Series. Whitey Herzog and Jerry Lumpe were teammates and fellow soldiers.
The next year, he, Herzog and Lumpe again played in the NBC World Series (this time with a different team), but were disqualified during the series because they had also been participating at the same time in the All-Army baseball tournament in Colorado.
His cup of coffee in 1955 was quite successful, as he posted a 1.29 ERA in 14 innings. In 1956 at the age of 23, his ERA of 3.60 was also better than the Tigers' ERA of 4.06, but he didn't stick.
In addition to his three brief times with the Tigers he had a successful minor league career with a nine-year minor-league record of 91 wins against 77 losses and a lifetime career ERA of 3.41. He was cremated. (contributed by Bill Lee, The Baseball Undertaker)
Served in the US Army, Korean War.
A professional baseball player, he had three cups of coffee as a pitcher with the Detroit Tigers in the 1950s.
He went into the army after his 1952 appearance with the Tigers, and while in the army played on the Fort Leonard Wood Hilltoppers, the winners of the 1953 National Baseball Congress World Series. Whitey Herzog and Jerry Lumpe were teammates and fellow soldiers.
The next year, he, Herzog and Lumpe again played in the NBC World Series (this time with a different team), but were disqualified during the series because they had also been participating at the same time in the All-Army baseball tournament in Colorado.
His cup of coffee in 1955 was quite successful, as he posted a 1.29 ERA in 14 innings. In 1956 at the age of 23, his ERA of 3.60 was also better than the Tigers' ERA of 4.06, but he didn't stick.
In addition to his three brief times with the Tigers he had a successful minor league career with a nine-year minor-league record of 91 wins against 77 losses and a lifetime career ERA of 3.41. He was cremated. (contributed by Bill Lee, The Baseball Undertaker)
Professional baseball player 1952-1956. Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers.
Served in the US Army, Korean War.
A professional baseball player, he had three cups of coffee as a pitcher with the Detroit Tigers in the 1950s.
He went into the army after his 1952 appearance with the Tigers, and while in the army played on the Fort Leonard Wood Hilltoppers, the winners of the 1953 National Baseball Congress World Series. Whitey Herzog and Jerry Lumpe were teammates and fellow soldiers.
The next year, he, Herzog and Lumpe again played in the NBC World Series (this time with a different team), but were disqualified during the series because they had also been participating at the same time in the All-Army baseball tournament in Colorado.
His cup of coffee in 1955 was quite successful, as he posted a 1.29 ERA in 14 innings. In 1956 at the age of 23, his ERA of 3.60 was also better than the Tigers' ERA of 4.06, but he didn't stick.
In addition to his three brief times with the Tigers he had a successful minor league career with a nine-year minor-league record of 91 wins against 77 losses and a lifetime career ERA of 3.41. He was cremated. (contributed by Bill Lee, The Baseball Undertaker)
Served in the US Army, Korean War.
A professional baseball player, he had three cups of coffee as a pitcher with the Detroit Tigers in the 1950s.
He went into the army after his 1952 appearance with the Tigers, and while in the army played on the Fort Leonard Wood Hilltoppers, the winners of the 1953 National Baseball Congress World Series. Whitey Herzog and Jerry Lumpe were teammates and fellow soldiers.
The next year, he, Herzog and Lumpe again played in the NBC World Series (this time with a different team), but were disqualified during the series because they had also been participating at the same time in the All-Army baseball tournament in Colorado.
His cup of coffee in 1955 was quite successful, as he posted a 1.29 ERA in 14 innings. In 1956 at the age of 23, his ERA of 3.60 was also better than the Tigers' ERA of 4.06, but he didn't stick.
In addition to his three brief times with the Tigers he had a successful minor league career with a nine-year minor-league record of 91 wins against 77 losses and a lifetime career ERA of 3.41. He was cremated. (contributed by Bill Lee, The Baseball Undertaker)
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