Joe Fitzgerald (baseball), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Joe Fitzgerald (baseball)

American baseball player and coach

Date of Birth: 17-Mar-1897

Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Date of Death: 29-Aug-1967

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Joe Fitzgerald (baseball)

  • Joseph Patrick Fitzgerald (March 17, 1897 – August 29, 1967) was an American catcher, coach, and scout in professional baseball.
  • Born in Washington, D.C., on St.
  • Patrick's Day 1897, Fitzgerald stood 5'11" (1.8 m) tall, weighed 200 pounds (91 kg), and threw and batted right-handed. Fitzgerald played nine seasons of minor league baseball (1919–27) at the Class C and D levels – spending the bulk of his career with the Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, Villagers of the Blue Ridge League.
  • He was out of pro baseball for the next 16 years, until he was hired as the bullpen coach by his hometown Washington Senators of Major League Baseball in 1944.
  • He stayed in that role through the 1957 campaign.
  • Fitzgerald remained with Washington and its successor franchise, the Minnesota Twins, as a scout until his death at age 70 in Orlando, Florida.

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