Bill Lohrman

{{Short description|American baseball player (1913–1999)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2019}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Bill Lohrman

|position=Pitcher

|birth_date={{Birth date|1913|05|22}}

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

|death_date={{death date and age|1999|9|13|1913|5|22}}

|death_place=Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S.

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=June 19

|debutyear=1934

|debutteam=Philadelphia Phillies

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=June 10

|finalyear=1944

|finalteam=Cincinnati Reds

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=60–59

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=3.69

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=330

|teams=

|image=Bill Lohrman (1922).jpeg|caption=Lohrman as a football player, circa 1922}}

William Leroy Lohrman (May 22, 1913 – September 13, 1999) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball for five different teams.

Career

Lohrman pitched in 198 games from 1934 to 1944. He played for the New York Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, and Cincinnati Reds.

Following the 1941 season, Lohrman, along with Ken O'Dea, Johnny McCarthy and $50,000, were traded to the St. Louis Cardinals for Johnny Mize.{{cite web |title=Bill Lohrman Stats |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lohrmbi01.shtml#all_transactions_other |website=baseball-reference.com |publisher=sports-reference.com |accessdate=February 16, 2019}}

Lohrman was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York and went to live in New Paltz, New York, following his baseball career.

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