:Oscar Fuhr

{{Short description|American baseball player (1893–1975)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Oscar Fuhr

|position=Pitcher

|image=Fuhr, Boston, 1924 LOC npcc.11196 (cropped).jpg

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date|1893|8|22|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Defiance, Missouri, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1975|3|27|1893|8|22}}

|death_place=Dallas, Texas, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 19

|debutyear=1921

|debutteam=Chicago Cubs

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 26

|finalyear=1925

|finalteam=Boston Red Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=3–12

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=59

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=6.35

|teams=

}}

Oscar Lawrence Fuhr (August 22, 1893 – March 27, 1975) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between {{By|1921}} and {{By|1925}} for the Chicago Cubs (1921) and Boston Red Sox (1924–25). Listed at {{height|ft=6|in=0}}, 176 lb., Fuhr batted and threw left-handed. He was born in Defiance, Missouri.

In a three-season career, Fuhr posted a 3–12 record with 59 strikeouts and a 6.35 ERA in 63 appearances, including 16 starts, four complete games, one shutout, 28 games finished, 69 walks, and {{frac|175|2|3}} innings of work.

Fuhr died in Dallas, Texas at age 81.

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