John Henry Doscher, Jr. (July 27, 1880 – May 27, 1971) was an American left-handed

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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from 1903 to 1908. Born in

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, he played for the

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, and

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. His father Herm Doscher had also been a major league player, as well as an umpire. Doscher is the first son of a former Major League player to play in the Major Leagues. Jack Doscher died in Park Ridge, New Jersey at age 90.

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