Victor Joseph "Biff" Schlitzer (December 4, 1884 – January 4, 1948) was a
pitcher
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in
Major League Baseball
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who played from through for the
Philadelphia Athletics (1908–09) and
Boston Red Sox
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(1909) of the
American League
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, and with the
Buffalo Buffeds of the
Federal League
The Federal League of Base Ball Clubs, known simply as the Federal League, was an American professional baseball league that played its first season as a minor league in 1913 and operated as a "third major league", in competition with the e ...
(1914). Listed at , , Schlitzer batted and threw right-handed. A native of
Rochester, New York
Rochester () is a city in the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Monroe County, and the fourth-most populous in the state after New York City, Buffalo, and Yonkers, with a population of 211,328 at the 2020 United States census. Located in W ...
, he attended
University of Dayton
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.
In a three-season career, Schlitzer posted a 10–15 record with 87
strikeouts and a 3.60
earned run average
In baseball statistics, earned run average (ERA) is the average of earned runs allowed by a pitcher per nine innings pitched (i.e. the traditional length of a game). It is determined by dividing the number of earned runs allowed by the number ...
in 44 appearances, including 29
starts, 16
complete games, two
shutout
In team sports, a shutout ( US) or clean sheet ( UK) is a game in which one team prevents the other from scoring any points. While possible in most major sports, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketball.
Shutouts are usuall ...
s, one
save, and innings of work.
Schlitzer died on January 4, 1948, at the age of 63 in
Wellesley, Massachusetts
Wellesley () is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Wellesley is part of Greater Boston. The population was 29,550 at the time of the 2020 census. Wellesley College, Babson College, and a campus of Massachusetts Bay Communit ...
. He is buried at
Forest Hill Cemetery in
Utica, New York
Utica () is a city in the Mohawk Valley and the county seat of Oneida County, New York, United States. The tenth-most-populous city in New York State, its population was 65,283 in the 2020 U.S. Census. Located on the Mohawk River at the ...
.
References
External links
Retrosheet*
Boston Red Sox players
Buffalo Buffeds players
Philadelphia Athletics players
Major League Baseball pitchers
Dayton Flyers baseball players
Rochester Bronchos players
Troy Trojans (minor league) players
Utica Pent-Ups players
Chattanooga Lookouts players
Indianapolis Indians players
Kansas City Blues (baseball) players
Omaha Rourkes players
Toledo Mud Hens players
Matanzas players
Baseball players from Rochester, New York
1884 births
1948 deaths
American expatriate baseball players in Cuba
20th-century African-American people
Burials at Forest Hill Cemetery (Utica, New York)
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