Gordie Mueller
{{Short description|American baseball player (1922–2006)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Gordie Mueller
|position=Pitcher
|image=Gordie Mueller.JPG
|caption=
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1922|12|10}}
|birth_place=Baltimore, Maryland
|death_date={{death date and age|2006|9|7|1922|12|10}}
|death_place=Timonium, Maryland
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=April 19
|debutyear=1950
|debutteam=Boston Red Sox
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=July 21
|finalyear=1950
|finalteam=Boston Red Sox
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=Win–loss record
|stat1value=0–0
|stat2label=Earned run average
|stat2value=10.29
|stat3label=Innings pitched
|stat3value=7
|teams=
- Boston Red Sox (1950)}}Joseph Gordon Mueller (December 10, 1922 – September 7, 2006) was an American relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the {{by|1950}} season. Listed at {{convert|6|ft|4|in}} and {{convert|200|lb}}, Mueller batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Baltimore, attended Loyola College in Maryland, and served in the United States Navy during World War II.[http://baseballinwartime.com/those_who_served/those_who_served_atoz.htm Information] at Baseball in Wartime
Mueller's ten-year pro career began in 1941 with his hometown Orioles, then a minor league baseball franchise in the International League. He made his major-league debut nine years later as a member of the Red Sox' early season roster. In eight relief appearances, three in April and July and two in May, Mueller allowed eight runs and 11 hits, giving 13 base on balls and registering one strikeout in seven full innings pitched for a 10.29 ERA. He did not have a decision or a save. He also spent part of that year at Triple-A Louisville, then finished his pro career in 1952. After baseball, he had a long and successful career in commercial real estate in his native state.[https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/gordie-mueller/ Nowlin, Bill, Gordie Mueller,] Society for American Baseball Research Biography Project
Mueller died at the age of 83 in Timonium, Maryland where he lived.[https://www.baltimoresun.com/2006/09/14/joseph-g-mueller-83-pitcher-for-minor-league-orioles/ Joseph G. Mueller, 83, pitcher for minor league Orioles] Retrieved 2014-10-24.
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/muellgo01.shtml Baseball Reference]
- [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/M/Pmuelg101.htm Retrosheet]
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