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Bub Kuhn

1899 – 1956

American baseball player

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Lived 1899 – 1956 (aged 57). Bub Kuhn was an American baseball player.

Bernard Daniel "Bub" Kuhn (October 12, 1899 – November 20, 1956) was a baseball pitcher who made a single appearance in Major League Baseball (MLB), playing one inning for the 1924 Cleveland Indians. Listed at and , he threw right-handed and batted left-handed.

Biography Kuhn was born in 1899 in Vicksburg, Michigan, and attended Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) where he played college baseball.

Detail of Kuhn's minor league baseball career is lacking. He was signed by the Cleveland Indians organization in February 1924, at which time it was noted that he had been playing semi-pro baseball during the prior two years. He attended spring training with the Indians in Hot Springs, Arkansas, prior to the 1924 season. He played much of that season with the Utica Utes of the early New York–Pennsylvania League, compiling a 5–10 win–loss record in 19 games. He then pitched in five games for the Terre Haute Tots in August, registering a 1–3 record. He was transferred to the major league Indians on August 26.

On September 1, 1924, Kuhn made his only major league appearance, pitching for Cleveland against the St. Louis Browns in an away game played at Sportsman's Park. The first batter that Kuhn faced, future hall of famer George Sisler, reached base on an infield single, and the next batter, left fielder Ken Williams, hit a home run.

It does not appear that Kuhn continued his professional baseball career beyond 1924, as in March 1925 he was back at Michigan Agricultural College, where he would be helping to mentor the team's pitchers. In 1926, he was pitching in a local Michigan league, against opponents such as a team from the Fisher Body company. In 1928, he took a job as a farms crop specialist in Marquette, Michigan; at that time, it was noted that he had been teaching agriculture for three years at the high school in St. Johns, Michigan.

Kuhn died in 1956 in Detroit, a week after undergoing surgery; he was interred in Lansing, Michigan.

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American baseball player

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Bub Kuhn was born on 12 October 1899 in Vicksburg.

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Bub Kuhn died on 20 November 1956 in Detroit.

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Bub Kuhn was a baseball player.

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Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Bub Kuhn

· Wikidata: Q4982124

· DBpedia: Bub Kuhn

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