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Profile: Lon Warneke |
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| Name: |
Lonnie "Lon" Warneke |
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Right-handed pitcher
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| Lived: |
1909-1976 |
| Career span: |
1930-1945 |
| Hall of Fame? |
no |
| Primary teams: |
Chicago Cubs (1930-1936) ; St. Louis Cardinals
(1937-1942) |
| Best Year: |
1932: 22-6, 2.37 ERA, 25 complete games |
| Rank on Greatest
Players list: |
not ranked |
Player notes: Lon Warneke was, like Dizzy Dean,
a native Arkansan, and was cut from the same mold. He
pitched for two pennant winners for the Cubs, and led
the NL in several pitching categories in his best season
(1932). He has one no-hitter to his credit. He was also
a pretty good fielding pitcher.
Warneke had one of the all-time great nicknames: "The
Arkansas Hummingbird". Sources disagree as to whether
this was from his singing with Pepper Martin's band,
or from the sound of his fastball.
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