Otto Hess
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "about". Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Otto C. Hess (October 10, 1878Template:Spaced ndashFebruary 25, 1926) was a Swiss-born pitcher for the Cleveland Bronchos/Cleveland Naps (1902 and 1904–08) and Boston Braves (1912–15).
In 1914, Hess was a member of the Braves team that went from last place to first place in two months, becoming the first team to win a pennant after being in last place on the Fourth of July.[1] Born in Bern, Hess was the first person born in Switzerland to play in Major League Baseball.
In 10 seasons he had a 70-90 win–loss record in 198 games, with 165 games started, 129 complete games, 18 shutouts, 5 saves, 1,418 innings pitched, 1,355 hits allowed, 663 runs allowed, 25 home runs allowed, 448 walks allowed, 580 strikeouts, 83 hit batsmen, 38 wild pitches and a 2.98 ERA. He died in Tucson, Arizona, at the age of 47.
Hess was a good hitting pitcher in his major league career, posting a .216 batting average (154-for-714) with 63 runs, 21 doubles, 9 triples, 5 home runs, 56 RBI and 27 bases on balls. He also played 51 games in the outfield and 6 games at first base.
See also
- List of Major League Baseball annual saves leaders
- List of Major League Baseball career hit batsmen leaders
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ How Losing an Exhibition Sparked Miracle Braves, by Joseph M. Overfield, Baseball Digest, May 1961, Vol. 20, No. 4, Template:Catalog lookup linkScript error: No such module "check isxn".
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
External links
- Career statistics from Script error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Otto Hess at SABR (Baseball BioProject)
- Pages with script errors
- 1878 births
- 1926 deaths
- Sportspeople from Bern
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Cleveland Naps players
- Cleveland Bronchos players
- Boston Braves players
- Swiss emigrants to the United States
- Major League Baseball players from Switzerland
- Kansas City Blue Stockings players
- New Orleans Pelicans (baseball) players
- Vernon Tigers players
- Atlanta Crackers players