Owen Scheetz Explained

Owen Scheetz
Position:Pitcher
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Birth Date:24 December 1913
Birth Place:Baltic, Ohio
Death Place:Kirkersville, Ohio
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:April 22
Debutyear:1943
Debutteam:Washington Senators
Finalleague:MLB
Finaldate:May 9
Finalyear:1943
Finalteam:Washington Senators
Statleague:MLB
Stat1label:Games played
Stat1value:6
Stat2label:Innings pitched
Stat2value:9
Stat3label:Earned runs
Stat3value:7
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Owen Franklin Scheetz (December 24, 1913 – September 28, 1994) was an American professional baseball pitcher who appeared in six games with the Washington Senators of Major League Baseball during the 1943 season.[1] A native of Baltic, Ohio, Scheetz played professionally for 13 seasons (1935–47) and won 137 games in minor league baseball. He was a right-hander who stood tall and weighed .

All of Scheetz' six games pitched for Washington came in a relief role during the opening weeks of the wartime season. He worked in nine full innings pitched, allowed 16 hits, four bases on balls, and seven runs, all of them earned, for an ERA of 7.00. He fanned five and earned no decisions. In the last wartime baseball season, 1945, Scheetz led the American Association with 19 victories (losing eight decisions), and compiled an ERA of 1.95.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/scheeow01.shtml "Owen Scheetz Statistics and History"