:George Baumgardner

{{short description|American baseball player (1891-1970)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=George Baumgardner

|image=George Baumgardner.jpg

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date|1891|7|22}}

|birth_place=Barboursville, West Virginia

|death_date={{death date and age|1970|12|13|1891|7|22}}

|death_place=Barboursville, West Virginia

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 14

|debutyear=1912

|debutteam=St. Louis Browns

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=May 15

|finalyear=1916

|finalteam=St. Louis Browns

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=38-49

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=3.22

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=283

|teams=

• St. Louis Browns ({{mlby|1912}}–{{mlby|1916}})

}}

George Washington Baumgardner (July 22, 1891 – December 13, 1970) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the St. Louis Browns.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/baumgge01.shtml "George Baumgardner Statistics and History"]. baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-02-02. His key pitch was the fastball.Neyer, Rob and James, Bill. [https://books.google.com/books?id=7FfRLE6I5EEC The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers] (Simon & Schuster, 2004), p. 129.