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 Lonnie Warneke

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Lonnie Warneke Berühmte Gedenkstätte Veteran

Geburt
Mount Ida, Montgomery County, Arkansas, USA
Tod
23 Juni 1976 (im Alter von 67)
Hot Springs, Garland County, Arkansas, USA
Bestattung
Mount Ida, Montgomery County, Arkansas, USA
Gedenkstätten-ID
3627 Quelle ansehen

Major League Baseball Player. Born in Mount Ida, Arkansas, he was nicknamed the Arkansas Hummingbird, was a right handed pitcher making his debut on April 18, 1930 for the Chicago Cubs. For fifteen seasons, he played with the (1930-36, 1942-43, 1945) and St. Louis Cardinals (1937-42). Warneke pitched for the National League in the first All-Star Game in 1933, also hitting the first triple and scoring the first National League run in All-Star game history. He appeared in a total five All-Star Games, as well pitching in two World Series for the Chicago Cubs 1932 and 1935, with a record of 2 wins, 1 loss and a 2.63 earned average. He also pitched back to back one-hitters for the Chicago Cubs in the 1934 season and a no-hitter for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1941. As one of the most dominating pitchers of his era, he ended his career with a record of 192 wins, 121 losses, 192 complete games, 30 shutouts, 13 saves, 1,140 strikeouts and a 3.18 earned run average. After retiring as a player, he became an umpire and is the only Major Leaguer who has both played and umpired in both an All Star Game and the World Series. He was elected to the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame in 1961 and still leads all Arkansas players in many Major League pitching categories. He died at age 67 in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

Major League Baseball Player. Born in Mount Ida, Arkansas, he was nicknamed the Arkansas Hummingbird, was a right handed pitcher making his debut on April 18, 1930 for the Chicago Cubs. For fifteen seasons, he played with the (1930-36, 1942-43, 1945) and St. Louis Cardinals (1937-42). Warneke pitched for the National League in the first All-Star Game in 1933, also hitting the first triple and scoring the first National League run in All-Star game history. He appeared in a total five All-Star Games, as well pitching in two World Series for the Chicago Cubs 1932 and 1935, with a record of 2 wins, 1 loss and a 2.63 earned average. He also pitched back to back one-hitters for the Chicago Cubs in the 1934 season and a no-hitter for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1941. As one of the most dominating pitchers of his era, he ended his career with a record of 192 wins, 121 losses, 192 complete games, 30 shutouts, 13 saves, 1,140 strikeouts and a 3.18 earned run average. After retiring as a player, he became an umpire and is the only Major Leaguer who has both played and umpired in both an All Star Game and the World Series. He was elected to the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame in 1961 and still leads all Arkansas players in many Major League pitching categories. He died at age 67 in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

Biografie von: John "J-Cat" Griffith


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"Arkansas Hummingbird"
Married Feb. 12, 1933



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  • Gepflegt von: Find a Grave
  • Hinzugefügt: 29 Sept 1998
  • ID der Find-a-Grave-Gedenkstätte: 3627
  • Find a Grave, Datenbank und Bilder (https://de.findagrave.com/memorial/3627/lonnie-warneke: aufgerufen ), Gedenkstättenseite für Lonnie Warneke (28 Mrz 1909–23 Juni 1976), Gedenkstätten-ID bei Find a Grave 3627, zitierend Owley Cemetery, Mount Ida, Montgomery County, Arkansas, USA; Gepflegt von Find a Grave.