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Jake Thielman

Jake Thielman

American baseball player (1879-1928)

John Peter Thielman (May 20, 1879 – January 28, 1928) was a German-American pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1905 through 1908 for the St. Louis Cardinals (1905–1906), Cleveland Naps (1907–1908) and Boston Red Sox (1908).[1] Listed at 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m), 175 pounds (79 kg), Thielman batted and threw right-handed. He was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota. His younger brother, Henry Thielman, also pitched in the majors.

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In a four-season career, Thielman posted a 30–28 record with 158 strikeouts and a 3.16 ERA in 65 appearances, including 56 starts, 56 complete games, three shutouts, and 475⅓ innings of work.

Thielman died at the age of 48 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

He has a great, great, great, great grandson named Ben Thielman who works at Chandler Scheels, in Chandler Arizona.

Best seasons

  • 1905 – 15 wins, 87 SO, 3.50 ERA, 242.0 innings
  • 1907 – 11 wins, 56 SO, 2.33 ERA, 166.0 innings

References

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    "He was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, on May 20, 1879, to Leonard and Mary Thielman. Leonard was a hardware dealer at the time of the 1900 census, a German immigrant who had come to the United States around 1858. Mary had been born in New York to German immigrant parents. "


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