Howard "Harry" Edward Baldwin (June 3, 1900 – January 23, 1958) was a Major League

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. He was a right-handed

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for two seasons with the

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, beginning in 1924. Prior to playing for the Giants, Baldwin played for three seasons (1921–1923) with the minor league Newark Bears. For his career, Baldwin compiled a 3–1 record in 11 appearances, with a 4.41

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 ...

and 5

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s. He was a member of the Giants' pennant-winning team in

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