- Harry Eisenstat
Infobox MLB retired
name=Harry Eisenstat
position=Pitcher
bgcolor1=black
bgcolor2=black
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
bats=Left
throws=Left
birthdate=October 10 ,1915
deathdate=death date and age|2003|3|21|1915|10|10
debutdate=May 19
debutyear= 1935
debutteam= Brooklyn Dodgers
finaldate=September 25
finalyear=1942
finalteam=Cleveland Indians
stat1label=Pitching record
stat1value=25-27
stat2label=Earned run average
stat2value=3.89
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=157
teams=
* Brooklyn Dodgers (1935-1937)
*Detroit Tigers (1938-1939)
*Cleveland Indians (1939-1942)
highlights=Harry Eisenstat (1915-2003) was a
baseball player who played from 1935 to 1942 for the Brooklyn Dodgers,Detroit Tigers , andCleveland Indians . He is best known for pitching for theDetroit Tigers when they beatBob Feller of theCleveland Indians on October 2, 1938 4-1 despite Feller setting the record for most strike outs in a game.He enlisted in the Army in 1942, ending his career in major league baseball. After the war, he moved to
Shaker Heights, Ohio and opened a hardware store.In 1993, he was inducted into the
Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame . After his death in 2003, his papers were donated to theWestern Reserve Historical Society inCleveland, Ohio and are available to the serious scholar.ources
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