Henry Richardson Camnitz (October 26, 1884 – January 6, 1951) 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 briefly for the

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and

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. He also compiled a 99–88 career record in eight seasons in the Minor Leagues, including 27 wins for the McKeesport Tubers in 1909."Harry Camnitz Statistics and History"
''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2011-1-3. He was the brother of

Howie Camnitz Samuel Howard Camnitz (August 22, 1881 – March 2, 1960) was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Philadelphia Phillies (1913) in the National League and for the Pittsburgh Rebels (1914–15) in the Fede ...

, also a pitcher in the Major Leagues.

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