:George Pfister

{{short description|American baseball player, coach, and executive (1918-1997)}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=George Pfister

|image=George Pfister.jpg

|position=Catcher

|birth_date={{birth date|1918|9|4}}

|birth_place=Bound Brook, New Jersey

|death_date={{death date and age|1997|8|14|1918|9|4}}

|death_place=Somerset, New Jersey

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 27

|debutyear=1941

|debutteam=Brooklyn Dodgers

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 27

|finalyear=1941

|finalteam=Brooklyn Dodgers

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Games played

|stat1value=1

|stat2label=At bats

|stat2value=2

|stat3label=Hits

|stat3value=0

|teams=

Brooklyn Dodgers (1941)

}}

George Edward Pfister (September 4, 1918 – August 14, 1997) was an American catcher, coach and executive in Major League Baseball. Pfister threw and batted right-handed, stood {{convert|6|ft}} tall and weighed {{convert|200|lb}} during his playing career (1939–1941; 1946–1951; 1953; 1957). He served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.[http://baseballinwartime.com/those_who_served/those_who_served_atoz.htm "Those Who Served"], Baseball in Wartime

Pfister appeared in one game for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the {{mlby|1941}} season. On September 27, he was hitless in two at bats against Ike Pearson in a 7–3 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies at Ebbets Field.Retrosheet [https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1941/B09270BRO1941.htm box score: 1941-09-27]

Pfister was a coach for the Dodgers in 1952, a minor-league manager in the Brooklyn organization for five seasons between 1948 and 1957, a front office official for minor league clubs, and the farm system director of the New York Yankees from 1965–1974. He spent 23 years working in baseball operations for Major League Baseball. In 1991, Pfister was presented with the King of Baseball award given by Minor League Baseball.

Born in Bound Brook, New Jersey, Pfister died of a heart attack at the age of 78 at Somerset Hospital on August 14, 1997.[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LB&p_theme=lb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAE91AA015451F1&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Player, administrator George Pfister dies"], Press-Telegram, August 15, 1997. Accessed March 8, 2011]