Ed Klepfer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ed Klepfer

American baseball player

Date of Birth: 17-Mar-1888

Place of Birth: Summerville, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 09-Aug-1950

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Ed Klepfer

  • Edward Lloyd Klepfer was a spitball pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians in a span of six seasons between 1911 and 1919. Klepfer, commonly known as "Big Ed", was born on March 17, 1888 in Summerville, Pennsylvania.
  • He batted and threw right-handed and was also 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m), 180 pounds, and attended Penn State University. Klepfer made his big league debut on July 4, 1911 with the Highlanders.
  • His career was chopped up due to time spent fighting in World War I, as part of the American Expeditionary Forces in France.
  • At one time in his war fighting tenure, he was gassed. Perhaps the most extraordinary part of his career was his second to last season-1917.
  • He went 14–4 with a 2.37 ERA in 213 innings.
  • He finished his career with a 22–17 record and a 2.98 ERA in 98 games. Even though Klepfer was a fairly productive pitcher, he will still go down in history as one of the worst hitters (pitcher or otherwise) to ever step on the diamond.
  • In 125 career at-bats, he collected 6 hits for a paltry .048 batting average. He played his last game on September 5, 1919. After baseball, Klepfer became an independent oil operator and then in 1946 went to work for C.W.
  • Titus, an oilman in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
  • Klepfer died on August 9, 1950 in a hospital in Tulsa.
  • His body was laid to rest at Rose Hill Cemetery.

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