Ted Breitenstein

Ted Breitenstein

Infobox MLB retired
name=Ted Breitenstein
position=Pitcher


birthdate=June 1, 1869
city-state|St. Louis|Missouri
deathdate=death date and age|1935|5|3|1869|6|1
city-state|St. Louis|Missouri
bats=Left
throws=Left
debutdate=April 28
debutyear=1891
debutteam=St. Louis Browns
finaldate=May 9
finalyear=1901
finalteam=St. Louis Cardinals
stat1label=Pitching Record
stat2label=Earned run average
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat1value=160-170
stat2value=4.04
stat3value=889
teams=
*St. Louis Browns/Cardinals (by|1891–by|1896, by|1901)
*Cincinnati Reds (by|1897–by|1900)
highlights=
*National League ERA champion: 1893
*2-time National League complete game leader
*3 20-win seasons
*Pitched 2 no-hitters

Theodore P. "Ted" Breitenstein (June 1 1869 – May 3 1935) was an American Major League Baseball player from St. Louis, Missouri who pitched from by|1891 to by|1901 for the St. Louis Browns/Cardinals and the Cincinnati Reds.cite web| title = Ted Breitenstein's Stats | work = retrosheet.org | url=http://retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B/Pbreit101.htm | accessdate = 2008-02-09 ] Although statistically, he was one of the better pitchers of his time, he is most known today for throwing a no-hitter in his first Major League start.cite web| title = Ted Breitenstein: A No-Hitter In His First Start | work = by S. Derby Gisclair/SABR.org | url=http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/submit/Gisclair_S._Derby2.stm | accessdate = 2008-02-09 ]

Career

During his first season in the Majors, he was able to pitch occasionally in relief, but on the final day of the 1891 season, October 4, Breitenstein was allowed to start and he pitched a no-hitter against the Louisville Colonels, an 8-0 victory. He faced the minimum amount of batters of 27, allowed just one base on balls, which was erased by a double play or by a pickoff play. It was also the last no-hitter thrown in the American Association, as the league folded following the season.

He became part of the pitching rotation in by|1892, but had a lackluster season with a 9-19 win/loss record and a 4.69 earned run average. He turned his pitching around after that, and in by|1893, Breitenstein's 3.18 ERA was tops in the National League. In by|1894, he won 27 games while leading the league in games started,complete games and innings pitched, although he led the league in runs allowed, and had a 4.79 ERA. In the following season, his workload stayed the same, leading the league in games started and complete games once again, but his stats took a slide downward, leading the league in runs allowed, base on balls, and losses. His 30 losses in by|1895 stand as the 3rd on the all-time list for losses in a season by a pitcher.

After a similar season in by|1896, he was sold to the Cincinnati Reds for a reported $10,000, but it could have been as low as $4000, and this move gave Breitenstein a new start and he took advantage of it, winning more than 20 games in each of his first two season with Reds. He lowered his ERA to 3.62 in by|1897 and 3.42 in by|1898 respectively. On April 22, 1898, he pitched his second no-hitter, this time against the Pittsburgh Pirates, a 11-0 victory. What made this no-hitter notable is the fact that another no-hitter was pitched on the same day. Jay Hughes of the Baltimore Orioles threw one against against the Boston Beaneaters. This was the first occurrence of two no-hitters had been thrown on the same day in the Major Leagues.

His next two seasons in Cincinnati were respectable, but his skills had shown that they were declining, not able to pitch with the same durability of seasons past, so through an unknown transaction, he returned to his old team in St. Louis, now known as the Cardinals.

Post Major League career

His career ended after only a few games in by|1901 and he went on to a lengthy minor league baseball career, most notably with the New Orleans Pelicans of the .

ee also

* List of Major League Baseball leaders in career wins
* List of Major League Baseball ERA champions
* List of Major League Baseball no-hitters

References

External links

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Persondata
NAME = Breitenstein, Ted
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Breitenstein, Theordore P.; Theo
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Major League Baseball player
DATE OF BIRTH = June 1 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH = St. Louis, Missouri
DATE OF DEATH = May 3 1935
PLACE OF DEATH = St. Louis, Missouri


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