:Irv Medlinger

{{short description|American baseball player (1927-1975)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Irv Medlinger

|position=Pitcher

|image=

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date|1927|6|18}}

|birth_place=Chicago

|death_date={{death date and age|1975|9|3|1927|6|18}}

|death_place=Wheeling, Illinois

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 20

|debutyear=1949

|debutteam= St. Louis Browns

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 28

|finalyear=1951

|finalteam= St. Louis Browns

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=0–0

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=13.83

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=9

|teams=

• St. Louis Browns ({{mlby|1949}}, {{mlby|1951}})

}}

Irving John Medlinger (June 18, 1927 – September 3, 1975) was a professional baseball player. He was a left-handed pitcher over parts of two seasons (1949, 1951) with the St. Louis Browns. For his career, he did not record a decision, with a 13.83 earned run average, and 9 strikeouts in 13.2 innings pitched.

He was born in Chicago. He was one of two people killed aboard a Piper PA-24 Comanche destroyed on September 3, 1975, while attempting a crash-landing near Wheeling, Illinois, after its engine failed.[http://planecrashinfo.com/famous1970s.htm planecrashinfo.com Famous People Who Died in Aviation Accidents: 1970s] He died at the age of 48.