Earl Kunz

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Earl Kunz
Pitcher
Born: December 25, 1898 in
Sacramento ,  United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Died on: April 14, 1963 in
Sacramento,  United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Suggested: Right Threw: Right
Debut in Major League Baseball
April 19,  1923  with the  Pittsburgh Pirates
Last MLB assignment
July 30,  1923  with the Pittsburgh Pirates
MLB statistics
(until end of career)
Win - Loss    1-2
Earned Run Average    5.52
Teams
Last update: November 9, 2019

Earl Dewey "Pinches" Kunz (born December 25, 1898 in Sacramento , California , † April 14, 1963 ) was an American baseball player on the position of pitcher , who in 1923 for one season with the Pittsburgh Pirates in Major League Baseball (MLB) played. In total, Kunz spent 13 years in professional baseball, most of them in the Pacific Coast League (PCL).

Life

Kunz was born on December 25, 1898 in Sacramento, California. He was often called by his nicknames "Pinches" and "Pinch". As a child he played sand solder ball with the future Major Leaguer Kettle Wirts . The baseball pitcher died on April 14th. He was 64 years old.

Career

Sacramento Senators

In 1920, Kunz began his professional career with the Sacramento Senators. That season he went 3–11 with an earned run average (ERA) of 4.78 in 39 games. In his second season, Kunz ran 14-12 with a 3.79 ERA in 50 games. In all games played, he led the Senators pitchers.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Alan O'Connor: Gold on the Diamond: Sacramento's Greatest Baseball Players 1886 to 1976 . Big Tomato Press, 2007, ISBN 0-9791233-0-5 , pp. 58, 59.
  2. ↑ 1921 Sacramento Senators . In: Baseball Reference . Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved May 31, 2010.
personal data
SURNAME Kunz, Earl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kunz, Earl Dewey (full name); Pinches (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American baseball player
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Sacramento , California
DATE OF DEATH April 14, 1963
Place of death Sacramento , California