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Jeff Pfeffer

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Jeff Pfeffer

Original Name
Edward Joseph Pfeffer
Birth
Seymour, Champaign County, Illinois, USA
Death
15 Aug 1972 (aged 84)
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Section J, Grave 720
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Major League Baseball Player. He was a right-handed pitcher for five teams in thirteen seasons in the major leagues. He pitched for the St. Louis Browns (1911), Brooklyn Dodgers (1913), Brooklyn Robins (1914 to 1921), St. Louis Cardinals (1921 to 1924), and finished with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1924). During his career, he played in 352 games. He was a starting pitcher in 280 games, compiling a 158-112 won-loss record. He had an earned run average of 2.77 and struck out 836 batters. In 1916 he led Brooklyn to the pennant with 25 wins. Called Ed, he was nicknamed "Little Jeff" after his older brother, Francis Xavier "Big Jeff" Pfeffer.
Major League Baseball Player. He was a right-handed pitcher for five teams in thirteen seasons in the major leagues. He pitched for the St. Louis Browns (1911), Brooklyn Dodgers (1913), Brooklyn Robins (1914 to 1921), St. Louis Cardinals (1921 to 1924), and finished with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1924). During his career, he played in 352 games. He was a starting pitcher in 280 games, compiling a 158-112 won-loss record. He had an earned run average of 2.77 and struck out 836 batters. In 1916 he led Brooklyn to the pennant with 25 wins. Called Ed, he was nicknamed "Little Jeff" after his older brother, Francis Xavier "Big Jeff" Pfeffer.

Bio by: Mel Bashore

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Illinois, Ensign, USNRF, World War I

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Originally Created by: Mel Bashore
  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42283121/jeff-pfeffer: accessed ), memorial page for Jeff Pfeffer (4 Mar 1888–15 Aug 1972), Find a Grave Memorial ID 42283121, citing Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.