George Pechiney, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 20-Sep-1861
Place of Birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Date of Death: 14-Jul-1943
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About George Pechiney
- George Adolphe Pechiney (September 20, 1861 – July 14, 1943), was a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1885–1887.
- He played for the Cleveland Blues and Cincinnati Red Stockings in the American Association Pechiney was born in Cincinnati.
- He began the 1885 season with the Chattanooga Lookouts of the Southern League.
- He also played for the Columbus Stars of the Southern League in 1885 before joining the Major Leagues with the Cincinnati Red Stockings of the American Association later that year.
- He made his Major League debut for the Red Stockings on August 4, 1885.
- With the Red Stockings in 1885, Pechiney pitched in 11 games, starting and completing all of them, with a win-loss record of 7–4, a 2.02 earned run average and 49 strikeouts in 98 innings pitched.
- His winning percentage of .636 ranked 4th in the American Association behind just Bob Caruthers, Dave Foutz and Bobby Mathews.In 1886, Pechiney pitched for the Red Stockings once again.
- He started 40 games, completing 35.
- In 300 1/3 innings pitched he posted a win-loss record of 15–21, a 4.14 earned run average and 110 strikeouts.
- His 2 shutouts ranked in the top 10 among American Association pitchers, as did his 21 losses, 133 walks, 152 earned runs surrenders and 14 hit batsmen.
- Pechiney also played in 4 games in the outfield for Cincinnati in 1886, including a game on September 12 which he started but moved to center field after three innings because he was pitching wildly.
- On April 27, 1886, Pechiney pitched a complete game despite giving up 20 runs in a 20–3 loss to the St.
- Louis Browns.In 1887, Pechiney moved to the newly formed Cleveland Blues of the American Association.
- On April 16, 1887, he was the Blues' Opening Day starting pitcher for the first season in the team's history, pitching against his former Cincinnati team.
- The Blues lost the game by a score of 16–6.
- For the season, Pechiney started 10 games for the Blues, completing all of them.
- He had a win-loss record of 1–9, with a 7.12 earned run average and 24 strikeouts in 86 innings.
- He pitched his final game for the Blues, and in the Major Leagues on June 24, 1887.
- In 1888 he pitched in the minor leagues once again for the Canton Nadjys of the Tri-State League.On June 12, 1925, Pechiney appeared at the Golden Jubilee celebration of Redland Field, along with other former Reds and Red Stockings players.
- Pechiney died at the age of 81 in Cincinnati and is buried at Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati.
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