Henry Florian Rasmussen (April 18, 1895, in Chicago, Illinois – January 1, 1949, in Chicago, Illinois) 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 ...

for the

Chicago Whales The Chicago Whales were a professional baseball team based in Chicago. They played in the Federal League, a short-lived "third Major League", in 1914 and 1915. They originally lacked a formal nickname, and were known simply as the "Chicago Feder ...

professional baseball team in 1915. In two relief appearances, he allowed 3 runs in 2 innings for a 13.50

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 ...

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1895 births 1949 deaths American people of Danish descent Major League Baseball pitchers Chicago Whales players Baseball players from Chicago {{US-baseball-pitcher-1890s-stub