Al Severinsen

{{short description|American baseball player (1944-2015)}}

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

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Al Severinsen

|position=Pitcher

|image=Al Severinsen.JPG

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1944|11|9}}

|birth_place=Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

|death_date={{Death date and age|2015|1|27|1944|11|9}}

|death_place=Mystic, Connecticut, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 1

|debutyear=1969

|debutteam=Baltimore Orioles

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 14

|finalyear=1972

|finalteam=San Diego Padres

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=3–7

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=3.08

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=53

|teams=

• Baltimore Orioles ({{mlby|1969}})
• San Diego Padres ({{mlby|1971}}–{{mlby|1972}})

}}

Albert Henry Severinsen (November 9, 1944 – January 27, 2015) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher who played in {{mlby|1969}} with the Baltimore Orioles and in {{mlby|1971}} and {{mlby|1972}} with the San Diego Padres. He batted and threw right-handed. Severinsen had a 3–7 record, with a 3.08 ERA, in 88 games, in his three-year career. He was signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1963. He attended Wagner College. He was traded along with Enzo Hernández, Tom Phoebus and Fred Beene from the defending World Series Champion Orioles to the Padres for Pat Dobson and Tom Dukes on December 1, 1970.[https://www.nytimes.com/1970/12/02/archives/bob-aspromonte-joins-new-york-bostons-andrews-alvarado-sent-to.html "Bob Aspromonte Joins New York," The New York Times, Wednesday, December 2, 1970.] Retrieved March 5, 2020 He was assigned to the Tidewater Tides after being dealt to the New York Mets for Dave Marshall exactly two years later on December 1, 1972.[https://www.nytimes.com/1972/12/02/archives/as-send-epstein-to-rangers-scheinblum-nelson-to-reds-orioles-obtain.html Durso, Joseph. "A's Send Epstein to Rangers; Scheinblum, Nelson to Reds," The New York Times, Saturday, December 2, 1972.] Retrieved April 12, 2020

Severinsen died January 27, 2015, at his home in Mystic, Connecticut.{{cite web|title=Al Severinsen: Obituary|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theday/obituary.aspx?n=Al-Severinsen&pid=174019977|website=legacy.com|publisher=The Day Publishing Company|accessdate=May 10, 2015|location=Mystic, CT|date=January 31, 2015}}