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Ed Eiteljorg

Ed Eiteljorg had just turned one year old when his family disembarked…
Stefan Wever (Trading Card DB)

Stefan Wever

Stefan Wever’s “ticket to ride” was a fastball clocked…
Glenn Hubbard (TRADING CARD DB)

Glenn Hubbard

Every successful team should have a player like Glenn Hubbard.…
Tom McCarthy (TRADING CARD DB)

Tom McCarthy

Thomas Michael McCarthy was a right-handed pitcher who battled…
Dutch Schliebner (BASEBALL-REFERENCE.COM)

Dutch Schliebner

The major-league career of Dutch Schliebner can be summed up…

Judge Emil Fuchs

“I felt I’d be happier trying to make a living from baseball…

Fritz Buelow

Fritz Buelow exhibited many positives. A “hard working and…
Elten Schiller

Elten Schiller

“Combining a career since 1947 in professional baseball with…

Tony Welzer

Being born in Germany and playing major-league baseball is not…

Bill Kuehne

In June 1883, scarcely a month after the expansion Columbus,…

Heinz Becker

Heinz Becker, the only German-born big-leaguer who played during…

Skel Roach

From 1895 through 1905, a pitcher known as Skel Roach racked…

John L. Smith

The headline on John Lawrence Smith’s New York Times obituary…

Barney Dreyfuss

In an issue published a few days after the grand opening of Forbes…

Pep Deininger

The southpaw from Wasseralfingen? The German suburb is now part…

Craig Lefferts

Craig Lefferts battled all his life to make it to the major leagues.…
Charles "Pretzels" Getzien (LIBRARY OF CONGRESS)

Pretzels Getzien

In addition to being a pretty good pitcher and the first German-born…