Pretzels Getzien Notable

b. February 14, 1864 · Detroit Wolverines 1884–1888, Indianapolis Hoosiers 1889, Boston Beaneaters 1890–1891, Cleveland Spiders 1891, St. Louis Browns 1892

Pretzels Getzien played for five clubs across nine seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Detroit Wolverines in 1884 and closing with the St. Louis Browns in 1892.

He went 145 and 139 with a 3.46 earned run average, pitching 2,539.7 innings in 296 games. He struck out 1,070, completed 277 of his 292 starts and threw 11 shutouts. Across 303 games he batted .198, with 209 hits and 114 runs. He finished with 8 home runs, 27 doubles and 17 stolen bases.

He was born in Germany on February 14, 1864, and died on June 19, 1932. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1884	DTN	17	55	4	6	0	0	0	1	5	20	0	.109
1885	DTN	40	137	9	29	3	0	0	16	4	27	0	.212
1886	DTN	43	165	14	29	3	3	0	19	6	46	3	.176
1887	DTN	43	156	19	29	4	5	1	14	10	32	2	.186
1888	DTN	46	167	14	41	2	2	1	10	12	30	6	.246
1889	IND	45	139	20	25	4	2	2	14	15	38	2	.180
1890	BSN	41	147	27	34	9	2	2	25	16	25	4	.231
1891	BSN/CLV	15	45	4	7	2	1	1	6	7	19	0	.156
1892	STL	13	45	3	9	0	0	1	4	3	10	0	.200
Career	—	303	1056	114	209	27	15	8	109	78	247	17	.198

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1884	DTN	5	12	17	17	0	147.1	118	32	25	107	1.95
1885	DTN	12	25	37	37	0	330.0	360	111	92	110	3.03
1886	DTN	30	11	43	43	0	386.2	388	130	85	172	3.03
1887	DTN	29	13	43	42	0	366.2	373	152	106	135	3.73
1888	DTN	19	25	46	46	0	404.0	411	137	54	202	3.05
1889	IND	18	22	45	44	1	349.0	395	176	100	139	4.54
1890	BSN	23	17	40	40	0	350.0	342	124	82	140	3.19
1891	BSN/CLV	4	6	12	10	0	98.0	124	46	27	33	4.22
1892	STL	5	8	13	13	0	108.0	159	68	31	32	5.67
Career	—	145	139	296	292	1	2539.2	2670	976	602	1070	3.46

On this day & linked events

1864

Born February 14, 1864

, , Germany

1932

Died June 19, 1932

Image: Unknown photographer, public domain