Karl Winsch | |||
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All-American Girls Professional Baseball League | |||
Manager | |||
Born: Allentown, Pennsylvania |
February 10, 1915|||
Died: December 21, 2001 Quakertown, Pennsylvania |
(aged 86)|||
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Career statistics | |||
Games | 419 | ||
Wins | 232 | ||
Losses | 187 | ||
W-L% | .554 | ||
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Karl Edgar Winsch (February 10, 1915 – December 21, 2001) was a pitcher and manager in Minor League Baseball. Listed at 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m), 180 lb., Winsch batted and threw right-handed.
A native of Allentown, Pennsylvania, Karl Winsch spent two decades in baseball as a player and manager. A good pitching prospect, Winsch was signed by the Philadelphia Phillies in the early 1940s, but he never made the Major Leagues and had to conform with a modest career in the Phillies minor league system. After that, he managed in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
Winsch and Faut were divorced after 21 years of marriage. Little is known about him after this point. He died in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, at the age of 86.
Winsch started 1942 with Class-C Rome Colonels and later was promoted to Double-A Trenton Packers. He combined for a 1–7 record with a 4.24 earned run average in 48 games for Rome (12) and Trenton (36), allowing 87 hits in 87.0 innings of work. In 1943 he went 10–9 with a 4.58 ERA in 40 games for the Packers, tying for first in the Interstate League with 13 batters hit by pitches and for second in pitching appearances. He also allowed 171 hits and 99 walks while striking out 99 in a career-high 171.0 innings. Winsch was ascended to Class-A in 1944, his last minor league season, and finished with a 4–4 mark and a 4.04 ERA in 24 games with the Utica Blue Sox.
In a three-year career, Winsch posted a 15–20 record with a 4.36 ERA in 112 games, allowing 216 runs (45 unearned) and 332 hits in 353.0 innings of work.