Lee Pfund | |||
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Pitcher | |||
Born: Oak Park, Illinois |
October 18, 1919|||
Died: June 2, 2016 Carol Stream, Illinois |
(aged 96)|||
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MLB debut | |||
April 21, 1945, for the Brooklyn Dodgers | |||
Last MLB appearance | |||
July 5, 1945, for the Brooklyn Dodgers | |||
MLB statistics | |||
Win–loss record | 3–2 | ||
Earned run average | 5.20 | ||
Strikeouts | 27 | ||
Teams | |||
Le Roy Herbert Pfund (October 18, 1919 – June 2, 2016) was a Major League Baseball pitcher.
Pfund was born in Oak Park, Illinois. On November 1, 1944 he was drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1944 rule 5 draft, and played for the Dodgers in 1945. The 25-year-old rookie right-hander stood 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) and weighed 185 lb (84 kg). Pfund was one of many ballplayers who only appeared in the major leagues during World War II. He made his major league debut in relief against the New York Giants at the Polo Grounds on April 21, 1945, when professional baseball teams conducted spring training in the north. His first major league win came in his first start, on May 14, 1945, as the Dodgers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 4–1 at Ebbets Field.
Season and career totals for 15 games include a 3–2 record, 10 games started, 2 complete games, 2 games finished, and an ERA of 5.20 in 62.1 innings pitched. Pfund went 4-for-22 (.182) in batting with a double and 2 walks, had 4 runs batted in and scored 2 runs. Even though he pitched 62.1 innings in 1945, Pfund tied for ninth among National League hurlers with 5 hit batsmen. By contrast, it took the other five pitchers who were tied with him for ninth an average of 191.2 innings to hit the same number of batters.