Eugene David Pentz (born June 21, 1953) is a former
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...
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 ...
. He played all or part of four seasons in the majors, from until for the
Detroit Tigers and
Houston Astros. He was traded along with
Leon Roberts
Leon Kauffman Roberts (born January 22, 1951) is a former corner outfielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1974 through 1984 for the Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, Seattle Mariners, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays and Kansas Ci ...
,
Terry Humphrey and
Mark Lemongello
Mark Lemongello ("le-MAHNJ-ul-oh"; born July 21, 1955) is an American former professional baseball player who pitched in Major League Baseball from 1976 to 1979 for the Houston Astros and the Toronto Blue Jays. He is the cousin of singer Peter ...
from the Tigers to the Astros for
Milt May,
Dave Roberts and
Jim Crawford on December 6, 1975.
"Sports News Briefs," ''United Press International'' (UPI), Saturday, December 6, 1975.
Retrieved June 6, 2020
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Major League Baseball pitchers
Detroit Tigers players
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Bristol Tigers players
Lakeland Tigers players
Montgomery Rebels players
Evansville Triplets players
Charleston Charlies players
Portland Beavers players
Phoenix Giants players
Baseball players from Pennsylvania
1953 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Johnstown, Pennsylvania
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