Duke Maas Notable

Pitcher · b. January 31, 1929

Detroit Tigers 1955–1957, Kansas City Athletics 1958, New York Yankees 1958–1961

Duke Maas played for three clubs across seven seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Detroit Tigers in 1955 and closing with the New York Yankees in 1961.

He went 45 and 44 with a 4.19 earned run average, pitching 734.7 innings in 195 games. He struck out 356, completed 21 of his 91 starts and threw 7 shutouts. Across 195 games he batted .117, with 25 hits and 13 runs. He finished with 1 home run and 4 doubles.

He was born in Utica, MI, USA on January 31, 1929, and died on December 7, 1976. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1955	DET	18	30	2	5	0	1	0	2	1	12	.167
1956	DET	26	16	1	3	1	0	0	1	2	8	.188
1957	DET	45	71	2	6	1	0	1	8	3	27	.085
1958	KCA/NYY	32	51	5	6	2	0	0	2	4	16	.118
1959	NYY	38	40	3	5	0	0	0	1	3	15	.125
1960	NYY	35	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000
1961	NYY	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
Career	—	195	214	13	25	4	1	1	14	13	80	.117

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1955	DET	5	6	18	16	0	86.2	91	47	50	42	4.88
1956	DET	0	7	26	7	0	63.1	81	46	32	34	6.54
1957	DET	10	14	45	26	6	219.1	210	80	65	116	3.28
1958	KCA/NYY	11	8	32	20	1	156.2	142	67	49	69	3.85
1959	NYY	14	8	38	21	4	138.0	149	68	53	67	4.43
1960	NYY	5	1	35	1	4	70.1	70	32	35	28	4.09
1961	NYY	0	0	1	0	0	0.1	2	2	0	0	54.00
Career	—	45	44	195	91	15	734.2	745	342	284	356	4.19

On this day & linked events

1929

Born January 31, 1929

Utica, MI, USA

1976

Died December 7, 1976

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