Lee Pfund

Infobox MLB retired
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textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
name=Lee Pfund
position=pitcher
birthdate=birth date and age|1919|10|10
bats=Right
throws=Right
debutdate=April 21
debutyear=1945
debutteam=Brooklyn Dodgers
finaldate=July 5
finalyear=1945
finalteam=Brooklyn Dodgers
stat1label=Record
stat1value=3-2
stat2label=ERA
stat2value=5.20
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=27
teams=
* Brooklyn Dodgers (1945)
highlights=

Le Roy Herbert Pfund (born October 10, 1919 in Oak Park, Illinois) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. On November 1, 1944 he was drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1944 rule V draft, and played for the Dodgers in 1945. The 25-year-old rookie right-hander stood 6'1" and weighed 185 lbs.

Pfund is one of many ballplayers who only appeared in the major leagues during World War II. He made his major league debut in relief on April 21, 1945 against the New York Giants at the Polo Grounds. His first major league win came in his first start, on May 14, 1945, as the Dodgers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-1 at Ebbets Field.

Season and career totals for 15 games include a 3-2 record, 10 games started, 2 complete games, 2 games finished, and an ERA of 5.20 in 62.1 innings pitched. Pfund went 4-for-22 (.182) in batting with a double and 2 walks, had 4 runs batted in and scored 2 runs.

Trivia

*Even though he pitched 62.1 innings in 1945, Pfund tied for ninth among National League hurlers with 5 hit batsmen. By contrast, it took the other five pitchers who were tied with him for ninth an average of 191.2 innings to hit the same number of batters.
*His son, Randy, is currently the general manager of the Miami Heat.

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pfundle01.shtml Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Ppfunl101.htm Retrosheet]