Joseph Peter Kracher (November 4, 1913 – December 24, 1981) was a

catcher Catcher is a Baseball positions, position in baseball and softball. When a Batter (baseball), batter takes their at bat, turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the (home plate, home) Umpire (baseball), umpire, and recei ...

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. Nicknamed "Jug", he played for the

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in 1939."Joe Kracher Statistics and History"
''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2011-02-19.

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