Ernie Lindemann Explained

Ernie Lindemann
Position:Pitcher
Birth Date:10 June 1883
Birth Place:New York City, New York, U.S.
Death Place:Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:June 28
Debutyear:1907
Debutteam:Boston Doves
Finalleague:MLB
Finaldate:June 28
Finalyear:1907
Finalteam:Boston Doves
Statleague:MLB
Stat1label:Win–loss record
Stat1value:0–0
Stat2label:Strikeouts
Stat2value:3
Stat3label:Earned run average
Stat3value:5.68
Teams:
Birth Name:Ernest Theodore Lindemann

Ernest Theodore Lindemann (June 10, 1883 – December 27, 1951) was an American professional baseball player who played in 1907.

Lindemann had a long, successful semi-professional baseball career in the New York metropolitan area and was described in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle as "[o]ne of the greatest semi-pro pitchers of the 1900's." He was believed to have recorded more than 600 pitching wins, including victories against Dummy Taylor, Andy Coakley and Hall of Famer Rube Waddell.[1]

He was the subject of contract disputes between independent baseball executive Nat Strong, Brooklyn Dodgers owner Charles Ebbets and New York Yankees owner Frank J. Farrell. The big league owners tried to pressure Strong into cancelling games in which Lindemann was scheduled to pitch.[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: Heckelmann . Charles . Major Leaguers 'Meat' For Semi-Pro Hurler . 10 June 2023 . . 1 March 1935 . 16.
  2. Book: Mills . Dorothy Seymour . Seymour . Harold . Baseball: The People's Game . 30 May 1991 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-802096-7 . 265 . 10 June 2023 . en.