Bud Swartz
Appearance
Bud Swartz | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Tulsa, Oklahoma | June 13, 1929|
Died: June 24, 1991 Los Angeles | (aged 62)|
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
MLB debut | |
July 12, 1947, for the St. Louis Browns | |
Last MLB appearance | |
July 27, 1947, for the St. Louis Browns | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 0–0 |
Earned run average | 6.75 |
Strikeouts | 1 |
Teams | |
Sherwin Merle "Bud" Swartz (June 13, 1929 – June 24, 1991) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the St. Louis Browns in 1947. He was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and was Jewish.[1] He attended University High School in Los Angeles, California.[2]
A single in his only at-bat at 18 years of age left Swartz with a rare major league career batting average of 1.000.[3] He pitched in five games, and gave up four earned runs in 5+1⁄3 innings.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Big League Jews". Jewish Sports Review. 12 (137): 21. January–February 2020.
- ^ a b "Bud Swartz Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ^ "Sherwin (Bud) Swartz". Jewish Baseball Museum. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference
Categories:
- 1929 births
- 1991 deaths
- Burials at Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery
- Jewish American baseball players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Baseball players from Tulsa, Oklahoma
- St. Louis Browns players
- 20th-century American Jews
- Aberdeen Pheasants players
- Globe-Miami Browns players
- Portland Beavers players
- Riverside Rubes players
- Springfield Browns players
- Wichita Falls Spudders players
- University High School (Los Angeles) alumni
- Jews from Oklahoma
- American baseball pitcher, 1920s births stubs