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Don Rudolph Pitcher Born: August 16, 1931
Baltimore, MarylandDied: September 12, 1968 (aged 37)
Granada Hills, CaliforniaBatted: Left Threw: Left MLB debut September 21, 1957 for the Chicago White Sox Last MLB appearance October 3, 1964 for the Washington Senators Career statistics Win-Loss record 18-32 Earned run average 4.00 Strikeouts 182 Teams Frederick Donald Rudolph (August 16, 1931 — September 12, 1968) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. During a six-year baseball career, the left-hander pitched from 1957-1964 for four different teams.
Rudolph was the Opening Day pitcher for the Washington Senators in 1963 in a 3-1 defeat by the Baltimore Orioles in a game played at District of Columbia Stadium.[1]
He was married to exotic dancer Patti Wiggin.[2]
Rudolph was killed in a truck accident at age 37.
See also
- List of Texas Rangers Opening Day starting pitchers
References
- ^ Apr 8, 1963, Orioles at Senators Play by Play and Box Score, Baseball-Reference. Accessed October 20, 2008.
- ^ Rocky Mountain News, May 2, 1961 (part of the Brown Corpus)
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
Texas Rangers Opening Day starting pitchers Jim Bibby • Bert Blyleven • Dick Bosman • Kevin Brown • John Burkett • Bennie Daniels • Dick Donovan • Ryan Drese • Scott Feldman • José Guzmán • Rick Helling • Ken Hill • Charlie Hough • Ferguson Jenkins • Craig Lefferts • Jon Matlack • Kevin Millwood • Phil Ortega • Claude Osteen • Chan-Ho Park • Camilo Pascual • Gaylord Perry • Kenny Rogers • Pete Richert • Don Rudolph • Nolan Ryan • Mike Smithson • Ismael Valdez • C. J. Wilson
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