Lyman Linde
American baseball player (1920-1995) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lyman Gilbert Linde (September 30, 1920 – October 24, 1995) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Indians in the American League for two seasons. In four career games, Linde pitched 10⅔ innings and had a 6.75 earned run average (ERA).
Lyman Linde | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: September 30, 1920 Rolling Prairie, Wisconsin | |
Died: October 24, 1995(1995-10-24) (aged 75) Beaver Dam, Wisconsin | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
September 11, 1947, for the Cleveland Indians | |
Last MLB appearance | |
May 9, 1948, for the Cleveland Indians | |
MLB statistics | |
Games played | 4 |
Innings pitched | 10.2 |
Earned run average | 6.75 |
Teams | |
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Born and raised in Wisconsin, Linde first played professionally with the Green Bay Bluejays. After a season with them, he enlisted in the armed forces for World War II, and joined the Greenville Spinners upon his return to baseball. During the next two seasons he spent some time with the Cleveland Indians, but mainly remained with the Indians' minor league teams. After a year each in Oklahoma City, Baltimore, and San Diego, he spent the last four years of his career pitching for the Portland Beavers. He retired at the end of the 1953 season and died in 1995.