Joseph Edward Genewich (January 15, 1897 – December 21, 1985) 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 ...
in
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...
. He played for the
Boston Braves and
New York Giants from 1922 to 1930. His key pitch was the slow curve.
[James, Bill and Neyer, Rob. ]
The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers
' (Simon & Schuster, 2004), p. 216.
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1897 births
1985 deaths
Major League Baseball pitchers
Boston Braves players
New York Giants (NL) players
Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players
Montreal Royals players
Baseball players from New York (state)
Sportspeople from Elmira, New York
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