John Falk "Bob" Poser (March 16, 1910 – May 21, 2002) was a

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...

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. He played for the

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and

St. Louis Browns The St. Louis Browns were a Major League Baseball team that originated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as the Milwaukee Brewers. A charter member of the American League (AL), the Brewers moved to St. Louis, Missouri, after the 1901 season, where they p ...

. Although Poser was listed as a pitcher, he was a good hitting outfielder in the minor leagues, and was used more as a

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than as a pitcher by the White Sox."Bob Poser Statistics and History"
''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2011-02-02.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Poser, Bob 1910 births 2002 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Chicago White Sox players St. Louis Browns players Baseball players from Wisconsin People from Columbus, Wisconsin Wisconsin Badgers baseball players Des Moines Demons players Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players Toronto Maple Leafs (International League) players American expatriate baseball players in Canada American physicians Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball players University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health alumni