Elmer Sexauer
Elmer Sexauer | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: May 21, 1926 St. Louis County, Missouri | |
Died: June 27, 2011 Atlanta | (aged 85)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
September 6, 1948, for the Brooklyn Dodgers | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 12, 1948, for the Brooklyn Dodgers | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 0–0 |
Earned run average | 13.50 |
Strikeouts | 0 |
Teams | |
Elmer George Sexauer (May 21, 1926 – June 27, 2011) was an American professional baseball pitcher who appeared in two Major League Baseball games for the 1948 Brooklyn Dodgers. Born in St. Louis County, Missouri, the 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m), 220 lb (100 kg) right-hander was an alumnus of Wake Forest University.
Sexauer's pro career lasted only two seasons: 1948 and 1949. After beginning 1948 in the
A severe shoulder injury limited his career to just two more games, for Class B Wilmington in the Philadelphia Phillies' organization in 1949.
For his two major-league appearances, Sexauer faced four hitters and allowed no hits without recording a strikeout. But the single earned run he allowed saddled him with a career 13.50 earned run average in two-thirds of an inning pitched.
Subject of Erskine anecdote
The book
The story chronicles an unusual interaction between Sexauer and
Sexauer was thus ejected before he was able to throw a single pitch in the majors. The innocent rookie left the field to a chorus of boos from the opposing crowd.
However, Erskine's widely quoted story may be inaccurate or apocryphal. It records the incident as occurring in 1950,[4] not 1948 — and Sexauer left pro baseball entirely in 1949, the previous season. Retrosheet's official entries for Sexauer show no ejections during his brief MLB tenure, which was confined to 1948.[5] The same source records that the only Dodger ejected by Conlan in 1948 was Pete Reiser, on September 25.[6]
References
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)