Jake Thielman

{{Short description|American baseball player (1879–1928)}}

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

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Jake Thielman

|position=Pitcher

|image=Jake Thielman.jpg

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1879|5|20|mf=y}}

|birth_place=St. Cloud, Minnesota

|death_date={{death date and age|1928|1|28|1879|5|20}}

|death_place=Minneapolis, Minnesota

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 19

|debutyear={{mlby|1905}}

|debutteam=St. Louis Cardinals

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=August 9

|finalyear={{mlby|1908}}

|finalteam=Boston Red Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=30–28

|stat2label=Strikeouts

|stat2value=158

|stat3label=ERA

|stat3value=3.16

|teams=

• St. Louis Cardinals (1905–06)
• Cleveland Naps (1907–08)
• Boston Red Sox (1908)

}}

John Peter Thielman (May 20, 1879 – January 28, 1928) was a German-American pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1905 through 1908 for the St. Louis Cardinals (1905–1906), Cleveland Naps (1907–1908) and Boston Red Sox (1908).[https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/a6f98d87]"He was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, on May 20, 1879, to Leonard and Mary Thielman. Leonard was a hardware dealer at the time of the 1900 census, a German immigrant who had come to the United States around 1858. Mary had been born in New York to German immigrant parents. " Listed at {{height|ft=5|in=11}}, {{convert|175|lb|kg}}, Thielman batted and threw right-handed. He was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota. His younger brother, Henry Thielman, also pitched in the majors.

In a four-season career, Thielman posted a 30–28 record with 158 strikeouts and a 3.16 ERA in 65 appearances, including 56 starts, 56 complete games, three shutouts, and 475⅓ innings of work.

Thielman died at the age of 48 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.