Gene Packard
American baseball player (1887-1959) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eugene Milo Packard (July 13, 1887 – May 19, 1959) was a professional baseball pitcher who played in the Major Leagues from 1912 through 1919 for the Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, Kansas City Packers, St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies.
Gene Packard | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: (1887-07-13)July 13, 1887 Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S. | |
Died: May 19, 1959(1959-05-19) (aged 71) Riverside, California, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
MLB debut | |
September 27, 1912, for the Cincinnati Reds | |
Last MLB appearance | |
August 14, 1919, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |
MLB statistics | |
Won/Loss Record | 85-69 |
ERA | 3.01 |
Strikeouts | 488 |
Teams | |
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On August 3, 1918, while with the Cardinals, he gave up 12 runs in a game and did not take the loss. That feat was not matched for 90 years, until Scott Feldman of the Texas Rangers did the same on August 13, 2008.[1][2]
One of the minor league teams Packard played for was the Independence Jewelers, based in Independence, Kansas, in 1908. Packard pitched a one-hit shutout against Tulsa, Oklahoma on July 26.[3] On August 10, the local newspaper headline read "Packard Breaks World's Record". The game the newspaper was referring to was against Bartlesville, Oklahoma on August 8, and Packard had pitched a perfect game.[4]
To this day, he is the only player in major league history to bear the surname Packard.[3]