Jimmy Wacker

Jimmy Wacker
Pitcher
Born: (1883-12-08)December 8, 1883 Jeffersonville, Indiana
Died: August 7, 1948(1948-08-07) (aged 64) Evansville, Indiana
Batted: Left Threw: Left
MLB debut
April 28, 1909, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Last MLB appearance
April 28, 1909, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
MLB statistics
Win-loss record	0-0
Earned run average	0.00
Strikeouts	0
Teams
Pittsburgh Pirates (1909)

Charles James Wacker (December 8, 1883 – August 7, 1948) was a professional baseball pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1909. He was born in Jeffersonville, Indiana and died in Evansville, Indiana. He is buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Evansville, Indiana.

Further reading

Articles

• "Wacker Goes Up". The Courier-Journal. June 25, 1906.
• "Notes of the News in Jeffersonville". The Courier-Journal. June 29, 1906.
• "Notes of the News in Jeffersonville". The Courier-Journal. July 7, 1906.
• "Jimmy Wacker Seriously Ill; Operated Upon for Appendicitis and May Die". Mount Carmel Republican-Register. June 1, 1907.
• "'Demon Jimmy' Wacker". The Fort Wayne Daily News. May 8, 1908.
• "Wacker Will Pitch 2". The Evansville Press. July 24, 1908
• "Climax of Baseball Romance; Wacker Weds Miss Elikofer". The Evansville Press. July 25, 1908.
• "Wacker Wins and Gets Wedding Presents from Fans". The Fort Wayne Sentinel. July 27, 1908.
• "Birmingham Wants Wacker". The Evansville Press. August 3, 1908.
• "Dunn Wants Wacker". The Cincinnati Enquirer. August 16, 1908.
• "Cincinnati is After Wacker". The Evansville Press. August 20, 1908.
• "'Jimmy Wacker': Evansville's Star Southpaw Goes to Cincinnati". The Fort Wayne Daily News. August 22, 1908.
• "Wacker Balks". The Evansville Press. September 10, 1908.
• "Seasonable Sports: Wacker Goes". The Evansville Press. September 12, 1908.
• "Great Pitchers on Great Clubs". The Dayton Herald. September 19, 1908.
• "The Reason: Why Jimmy Wacker Has Not Joined the Reds". The Cincinnati Enquirer. September 21, 1908.
• "Wacker Butcher". The Dayton Herald. February 5, 1909.
• "Wacker to Show that Pencil's Mightier than the Bat--Read Saturday's Sports". The Evansville Press. February 24, 1909.
• "Jimmy Wacker Won't Last with the Reds". The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. February 25, 1909.
• Loomis, Ray. "Our Editor Hiked at Noon for Cinci". The Evansville Press. February 27, 1909.
• Wacker, Jimmy. "Wacker Size-Up of Everything Good in Current Sports: Before Train Time Sallies; Much Depends on Covington; Here's the Way to Fool Batters; M'Cormick's advice to J. Ryan". The Evansville Press. February 27, 1909.
• Ryder, Jack. "Spring: Weather Made Reds 1st Outdoor Practice Very Gingery; Wacker Is Sturdily Built". The Cincinnati Enquirer. March 2, 1909.
• "At Reds' Training Camp". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Mar 4, 1909.
• "Wacker Clouts Like a Donlin". The Evansville Press. March 5, 1909.
• "Spade May Join Pirates". The Gazette Times. Apr 9, 1909.
• "Wacker Makes His Bow". The Gazette Times. Apr 29, 1909.
• "Jimmy Wacker Is Subject to Recall". The Dayton Herald. May 25, 1909.
• "Colonels Win Getaway Game; Peilz's Men Experience Little Trouble In Defeating Brewers; Some Good and Poor Playing; Jimmy Wacker, Pitching for Visitors, Lasts One Inning". The Courier-Journal. June 16, 1909.
• Vaughan, Manning. "John J. Sells Pitcher to Dayton Ohio Club; Charley Wacker Is Released by Manager McCloskey to Central League Team". The Milwaukee Sentinel. February 2, 1910.
• "Wacker's Services Assured As Veteran". The Evansville Press. February 16, 1910.
• "Jim Wacker Has Changed". The Evansville Press. April 1, 1910.
• "Wacker Begged for Another Chance at Stogies and Made Good". The Dayton Herald. May 7, 1910.
• Swope, Tom. "Jimmy Wacker Shows He is Right; Demon Southpaw Pitches First Full Game Since Breaking His Rib". The Dayton Herald. August 3, 1910.
• "Jim Wacker Shows Great Form Against Nap Colts". The Dayton Herald. April 7, 1911.
• "Jimmy Wacker May Be Released As His Stuff Is Weak". The Evansville Press. April 27, 1911.
• "Pair of Rare Plays Beat J. Wacker Out of Heavers' Battle". The Dayton Herald. June 8, 1911.
• "Still Works for Us". The Dayton Herald. August 14, 1911.
• "Wacker to Wiggle for Team in the Bay State". The Evansville Press. February 27, 2012.
• "Jimmy Wacker Has Chance to Twirl in Connecticut". The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. February 29, 1912.
• "'Jimmy De Wack' On Way to Springfield". The Evansville Press. April 21, 1913.
• "Jimmy Wacker, Pitcher, In These Parts Again". The Princeton Daily Clarion. May 17, 1913.
• "Wacker Will Try to Come Back". The Evansville Press. March 23, 1914.
• "Dayton's Central League Baseball Team 20 Years Ago; Photo Taken When Club Went Picnicking on an Off Day". The Dayton Daily News. March 30, 1930.

Books

• Blackburn, Tom; Meyer, Henry A. (1962). Evansville, 1812-1962. Evansville, In: Evansville Sesquicentennial Commission. p. 70.
• Neft, David S.; Cohen, Richard M.; Neft, Michael L. (2006). "Pitchers 1901-1919 Spe-Wal".The Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball 2006. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. p. 120.
• Cava, Pete (2015). Indiana-Born Major League Baseball Players: A Biographical Dictionary, 1871-2014. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. pp. 209, 210.

External links

• Charlie Wacker Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac at www.baseball-almanac.com
• Baseball Reference
• Jimmy Wacker at Find a Grave