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{{short description|American baseball player}}
{{Infobox NPB player
|name=Gene Ammann
|image=
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1949|1|30}}
|birth_place=[[New York City]], New York, U.S.
|position=Pitcher
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|debutdate=May 11
|debutleague=NPB
|finalleague=NPB
|statleague=NPB
|debutyear=1974
|debutteam=Hankyu Braves
|finaldate=May 11
|finalyear=1974
|finalteam=Hankyu Braves
|stat1label=[[Win–loss record (pitching)|Win–loss record]]
|stat1value=0–0
|stat2label=[[Earned run average]]
|stat2value=3.00
|stat3label=[[Innings pitched]]
|stat3value=3
|stat4label=[[Strikeout]]s
|stat4value=1
|teams=
*[[Hankyu Braves]] ({{npby|1974}})
}}
'''Eugene George Ammann, Jr.''' (born January 30, 1949) was an American [[pitcher]] who is most notable for winning the [[1970 College World Series]] [[College World Series Most Outstanding Player|Most Outstanding Player]] award while a junior at [[Florida State University]] (FSU). He is one of two players from Florida State University to win that award. The other is [[Marshall McDougall]].

In 1968, he went 5-0 with a 2.17 ERA. He went 11-2 with a 2.09 ERA in 1969. His 1970 collegiate was perhaps one of the best ever in NCAA history. He won 15 games and lost none for a record of 15-0, and his ERA was 0.66, the lowest all-time in a single season. He had a string of 41{{fraction|1|3}} scoreless innings, and another string of 29 scoreless innings. Furthermore, he also holds the record for most shutouts in a season, with eight. At one point, he threw a no-hitter. He also holds the record for lowest ERA in a career, posting a career 1.45 ERA while attending FSU. Overall, his career record at FSU was 31-2.

Prior to pitching collegiately, he attended [[Lakeside High School (DeKalb County, Georgia)|Lakeside High School]].

Ammann was drafted twice. The first time, he was drafted by the [[Baltimore Orioles]] in the 55th round of the 1967 draft. He chose not to sign. After being drafted by the [[Milwaukee Brewers]] in the third round of the 1970 draft, he did sign. He played professionally for five seasons, never reaching the majors.

In his first professional season (1970), he played for the [[Jacksonville Suns]], going 1-5 with a 2.85 ERA in 11 games. From 1971 to 1973, he played for the [[Evansville Triplets]]. In 1971, he went 6-10 with a 3.79 ERA in 25 games. In 1972, he went 9-10 with a 3.92 ERA in 30 games. Finally, in 1973, he went 8-8 with a 5.68 ERA in 26 games. In 1974, he played for the [[Hankyu Braves]] in Japan. He appeared in only one game, after which he was released; a report noted a lack of a fastball as the reason for his lack of success.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19740531&id=zGZQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HlgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6164,5134455|title=Sun Not Rising For Most Yanks In Dreamland|first=Bob|last=Chick|work=[[The Evening Independent]]|date=May 31, 1974|page=22}}</ref>

In 1991, he was inducted into the FSU Sports Hall of Fame.

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090826012707/http://www.japanbaseballdaily.com/foreignpitchinga-c.html Japan Baseball Daily]
*[http://seminoles.cstv.com/genrel/ammann_gene00.html Florida State University]
*[http://www.geocities.com/nolefan_fsu/baseball/ammann_gene.html Biography]{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}

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[[Category:Florida State Seminoles baseball players]]
[[Category:1949 births]]
[[Category:College World Series Most Outstanding Player Award winners]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Hankyu Braves players]]
[[Category:American expatriate baseball players in Japan]]
[[Category:Jacksonville Suns players]]
[[Category:Evansville Triplets players]]
[[Category:Baseball players from New York City]]

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