Don Rudolph
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| Don Rudolph | |
|---|---|
| Pitcher | |
| Born: August 16, 1931 Baltimore, Maryland |
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| Died: September 12, 1968 (aged 37) Granada Hills, California |
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| Batted: Left | Threw: Left |
| MLB debut | |
| September 21, 1957 for the Chicago White Sox | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| October 3, 1964 for the Washington Senators | |
| Career statistics | |
| Win-Loss record | 18-32 |
| Earned run average | 4.00 |
| Strikeouts | 182 |
| Teams | |
Frederick Donald Rudolph (August 16, 1931 – September 12, 1968) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. During a six-year baseball career, the left-hander pitched from 1957 to 1964 for four different teams.
Rudolph was the Opening Day pitcher for the Washington Senators in 1963 in a 3–1 defeat by the Baltimore Orioles in a game played at District of Columbia Stadium.[1]
He was married to exotic dancer Patti Wiggin.[2]
Rudolph was killed in a truck accident at age 37.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Apr 8, 1963, Orioles at Senators Play by Play and Box Score, Baseball-Reference. Accessed October 20, 2008.
- ^ Rocky Mountain News, May 2, 1961 (part of the Brown Corpus)
[edit] External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
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