Charles James Wacker (December 8, 1883 – August 7, 1948) was a professional baseball pitcher for the
Pittsburgh Pirates
The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh. The Pirates compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Founded as part of the American Associati ...
in 1909. He was born in
Jeffersonville, Indiana
Jeffersonville is a city and the county seat of Clark County, Indiana, Clark County, Indiana, United States, situated along the Ohio River. Locally, the city is often referred to by the abbreviated name Jeff. It lies directly across the Ohio River ...
and died in
Evansville, Indiana
Evansville is a city in, and the county seat of, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States. The population was 118,414 at the 2020 census, making it the state's third-most populous city after Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, the largest city in ...
. He is buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Evansville, Indiana.
Career
References
Further reading
Books
* Blackburn, Tom; Meyer, Henry A. (1962)
''Evansville, 1812-1962'' Evansville, In: Evansville Sesquicentennial Commission. p. 70.
* Neft, David S.; Cohen, Richard M.; Neft, Michael L. (2006)
"Pitchers 1901-1919 Spe-Wal"''The Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball 2006''. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. p. 120.
* Cava, Pete (2015). ''Indiana-Born Major League Baseball Players: A Biographical Dictionary, 1871-2014''. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. pp
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External links
Charlie Wacker Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
at www.baseball-almanac.com
Baseball Reference
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1883 births
1948 deaths
American people of German descent
Pittsburgh Pirates players
Baseball players from Indiana
Evansville River Rats players
Milwaukee Brewers (minor league) players
Dayton Veterans players
Fort Wayne Brakies players
Burials in Indiana
People from Jeffersonville, Indiana
Sportspeople from the Louisville metropolitan area