Johnnie Joseph Tising (October 9, 1903 – September 5, 1967) 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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who appeared in ten games (six starts) for the 1936

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. Prior to his major league career, Tising pitched for the

University of Denver The University of Denver (DU) is a private university, private research university in Denver, Colorado. Founded in 1864, it is the oldest independent private university in the Mountain States, Rocky Mountain Region of the United States. It is ...

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1903 births 1967 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Pittsburgh Pirates players Baseball players from Missouri Denver Pioneers baseball players People from Moniteau County, Missouri {{US-baseball-pitcher-1900s-stub