Otto Hess Notable

b. October 10, 1878 · Cleveland Bronchos 1902, Cleveland Naps 1904–1908, Boston Braves 1912–1915

Otto Hess played for three clubs across 14 seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Cleveland Bronchos in 1902 and closing with the Boston Braves in 1915. His longest stay was with the Cleveland Naps, from 1904 to 1908.

He went 70 and 90 with a 2.98 earned run average, pitching 1,418 innings in 198 games. He struck out 580, completed 129 of his 165 starts and threw 18 shutouts. Across 280 games he batted .216, with 154 hits and 63 runs. He finished with 5 home runs, 21 doubles and 4 stolen bases.

He led the league in saves once, in 1906, with 3.

He was born in Bern, Bern, Switzerland on October 10, 1878, and died on February 25, 1926. He batted left-handed and threw left-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1902	CLE	7	14	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	6	0	.071
1904	CLE	34	100	4	12	2	1	0	5	3	27	0	.120
1905	CLE	54	173	15	44	8	1	2	13	7	59	2	.254
1906	CLE	53	154	13	31	5	2	0	11	2	53	1	.201
1907	CLE	19	30	4	4	0	0	0	0	4	8	1	.133
1908	CLE	9	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	.000
1912	BSN	33	94	10	23	4	4	0	10	0	26	0	.245
1913	BSN	35	83	9	26	0	1	2	11	7	15	0	.313
1914	BSN	31	47	5	11	1	0	1	6	1	11	0	.234
1915	BSN	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	.400
Career	—	280	714	63	154	21	9	5	58	27	212	4	.216

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1902	CLE	2	4	7	4	0	43.2	67	29	23	13	5.98
1904	CLE	8	7	21	16	0	151.1	134	28	31	64	1.67
1905	CLE	10	15	26	25	0	213.2	179	75	72	109	3.16
1906	CLE	20	17	43	36	3	333.2	274	68	85	167	1.83
1907	CLE	6	6	17	14	1	93.1	84	30	37	36	2.89
1908	CLE	0	0	4	0	0	7.0	11	4	1	2	5.14
1912	BSN	12	17	33	31	0	254.0	270	106	90	80	3.76
1913	BSN	7	17	29	27	0	218.1	231	93	70	80	3.83
1914	BSN	5	6	14	11	1	89.0	89	30	33	24	3.03
1915	BSN	0	1	4	1	0	14.0	16	6	6	5	3.86
Career	—	70	90	198	165	5	1418.0	1355	469	448	580	2.98

On this day & linked events

1878

Born October 10, 1878

Bern, Bern, Switzerland

1926

Died February 25, 1926

1902

Major-league debut: Otto Hess

Otto Hess made a major-league debut on August 3, 1902.

1915

Final major-league game: Otto Hess

Otto Hess played a final major-league game on June 13, 1915.

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