Al Gould

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Al Gould

|image=Al Gould.jpg

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1893|1|20}}

|birth_place=Muscatine, Iowa

|death_date={{death date and age|1982|8|8|1893|1|20}}

|death_place=San Jose, California

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 11

|debutyear={{Baseball year|1916}}

|debutteam=Cleveland Indians

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=August 18

|finalyear={{Baseball year|1917}}

|finalteam=Cleveland Indians

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=9–11

|stat2label=Games pitched

|stat2value=57

|stat3label=Shutouts

|stat3value=1

|teams=

Cleveland Indians ({{Baseball year|1916}}–{{Baseball year|1917}})

|highlights=

On August 2, 1916, he pitched a shutout against the Philadelphia Athletics.

}}

Albert Frank "Al" Gould (January 20, 1893 – August 8, 1982), also known as "Pudgy", was an American Major League Baseball player who pitched two seasons for the Cleveland Indians of the American League. Born in Muscatine, Iowa, he was {{convert|5|ft|6|in|m}} in height and weighed {{convert|160|lb|kg}}.{{cite web| title = Al Gould's Stats | work = retrosheet.org | url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/G/Pgoula101.htm | access-date = 2008-04-06 }}

Major League career

Gould made his major league debut on July 11, 1916, for the Cleveland Indians. He pitched a shutout on August 2, {{Baseball year|1916}} against the Philadelphia Athletics.{{cite web|title=1916 Cleveland Indians |work=baseballlibrary.com |url=http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/teams/1916indians.stm |access-date=2008-04-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001030420/http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/teams/1916indians.stm |archive-date=2007-10-01 }} He finished the season with a 5-6 record and a 2.53 earned run average (ERA) in 30 games. The following season, he spent the year with the Indians and played in 27 games, going 4-4 with a 3.64 ERA. He returned to the minor leagues after that season.

Minor League career

Gould enjoyed a long career in the minors, mainly playing in the Pacific Coast League (PCL). His 14 seasons in the PCL produced a win–loss record of 127–134, an earned run average of 4.43, highlighted by leading the league in winning percentage in {{Baseball year|1927}}. A very good fielder in both the minors and the majors, he twice led the PCL at his position in fielding percentage. Another highlight of his PCL career took place in {{Baseball year|1919}}, when he pitched two complete game victories in one doubleheader.{{cite book| title = The Pacific Coast League: A Statistical History, 1903–1957, pg. 266 | work = by Dennis Snelling | isbn = 9780786400454 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4ApM-wmc0BIC&q=%22Al+Gould%22+baseball&pg=PA266 | access-date = 2008-04-06 | last1 = Snelling | first1 = Dennis | date = January 1995 | publisher = McFarland }} Most of his minor league success game with the Salt Lake City Bees. With them, he had 71 wins in five seasons between 1919 and 1923.