Description
Howie Camnitz
Born: August 22, 1881 at Covington, KY
Died: March 2, 1960 at Louisville, KY
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5’ 9”
Weight: 169 lbs.
Position: Pitcher
Played For:
Pittsburgh Pirates (1904, 1906–1913)
Philadelphia Phillies (1913)
Pittsburgh Rebels (1914–1915)
Biography:
With an excellent curveball, Camnitz collected three 20-win seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1909 to 1912, leading his team to the 1909 World Series after winning 25 games in the regular season and tying Christy Mathewson for the National League lead winning percentage (.806).
Though his reign as one of the National League’s top pitchers was short-lived, Howie Camnitz was the undisputed ace of the Pittsburgh Pirates pitching staff during their World Championship season of 1909. That season Camnitz, a right-handed curveball specialist, tied for the NL lead in winning percentage (25-6, .806) and ranked fourth in ERA (1.62).
“I always inspect very closely the box score of the club we are about to meet next,” he explained to a reporter who asked him for the secret of his success. “My object is to ascertain what players are doing the hitting. Every student of baseball knows that players hit in streaks. If a pitcher has men on bases, and a batsman facing him who has been having a slump in his hitting, he can take a chance on letting him line it out. On the contrary, if a player comes up who has been clouting the ball, it may be the safest plan to let him walk.”
More info:
http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/cdcde915
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howie_Camnitz
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