Howie Camnitz Stats & Facts
Howie Camnitz Essentials Positions: Bats: R Throws: R 69 Weight: 169 Born: 8 22, 1881 in Covington, KY USA Died: 3 2 1960 in Louisville, KY USA Debut: 4/22/1904 Last Game: 5/3/1915 Full Name: Samuel Howard Camnitz
Howie Camnitz Essentials Positions: Bats: R Throws: R 69 Weight: 169 Born: 8 22, 1881 in Covington, KY USA Died: 3 2 1960 in Louisville, KY USA Debut: 4/22/1904 Last Game: 5/3/1915 Full Name: Samuel Howard Camnitz
10/2/1912 – At a game in Chicago the Pirates were leading 5-4 in the bottom of the ninth inning. Catcher Jimmy Archer, batting in the eighth spot in the lineup, doubled. Cy Williams ran for Archer and Wilbur Good pinch hit for Jimmy Lavender. Hank Robinson replaced Howie Camnitz on the mound and Dick Cotter was sent up to bat for Good. Cotter singled in the tying run, sending the game into the tenth inning, and took Archer’s place as catcher. In the bottom of the tenth, Chicago had runners on first and second with two out and the eighth place in the lineup due to bat. Cotter came to the plate and singled to center to drive in the winning run. After the players had left the field Pirate manager Fred Clarke realized what had happened and sent the team’s secretary to umpire Brick Owens to protest. Owens told the Pirates that it was too late for a protest since the team had left the playing field. However, NL President Tom Lynch upheld the protest on 10/13 and threw the game out. It was not replayed or completed.
[adrotate banner=”49″] 1909 STANDINGS National League Pittsburgh Pirates 110 42 .724 — Chicago Cubs 104 49 .680 6.5 New York Giants 92 61 .601 18.5 Cincinnati Reds 77 76 .503 33.5 Philadelphia Phillies 74 79 .484 36.5 Brooklyn Superbas 55 98 .359 55.5 St. Louis Cardinals 54 98 .355 56 Boston Doves 45…
1907 – The Pirates top the Giants, 4 – 2 in 10 innings, then win the second game, 1 – 0, when Howie Camnitz spins a 5-inning no-hitter. The Bucs score when Ed Abbaticchio singles home Honus Wagner, who had singled and stolen second base. The Giants also lose Frank Bowerman, hit on the head by a Camnitz pitch. The doctors predict that the burly catcher will miss the season, but he is back in action in three days.
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