Jeff Pfeffer
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			**Edward Joseph Pfeffer** (March 4, 1888 – August 15, 1972\) was an American [pitcher](/wiki/Pitcher "Pitcher") for the [St. Louis Browns](/wiki/St._Louis_Browns "St. Louis Browns") (1911\), [Brooklyn Dodgers/Robins](/wiki/History_of_the_Brooklyn_Dodgers "History of the Brooklyn Dodgers") (1913–1921\), [St. Louis Cardinals](/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals "St. Louis Cardinals") (1921–1924\) and [Pittsburgh Pirates](/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates "Pittsburgh Pirates") (1924\). His older brother Francis was known as [Big Jeff Pfeffer](/wiki/Big_Jeff_Pfeffer "Big Jeff Pfeffer").

He helped the Robins win the 1916 and 1920 [National League](/wiki/National_League_%28baseball%29 "National League (baseball)") pennants. In the [1916 World Series](/wiki/1916_World_Series "1916 World Series"), he recorded a save in Game 3 and was the hard\-luck losing pitcher of the series\-ending Game 5\.

On March 25, 1920 in the top of the first inning during an exhibition game against the [New York Yankees](/wiki/New_York_Yankees "New York Yankees") Pfeffer threw a pitch that struck Yankees [second baseman](/wiki/Second_baseman "Second baseman") [Chick Fewster](/wiki/Chick_Fewster "Chick Fewster") in the temple, knocking him unconscious for approximately ten minutes. Fewster suffered a fractured skull and concussion, and temporarily lost his ability to speak.

Pfeffer led the National League in [hit batsmen](/wiki/Hit_batsmen "Hit batsmen") in 1916 (17\) and 1917 (16\). In 1916 he gave up [Rogers Hornsby](/wiki/Rogers_Hornsby "Rogers Hornsby")'s first home run. In 13 seasons he had a 158–112 win–loss record with 10 saves in 347 games.

As of the end of the 2014 season, Pfeffer ranked 96th on the MLB career [ERA](/wiki/Earned_run_average "Earned run average") list (2\.77\)[Career ERA leaders from Baseball\-Reference](https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/earned_run_avg_career.shtml) and tied for 73rd on the MLB career hit batsmen list (105\).[Career hit batsmen leaders from Baseball Reference](https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/HBP_p_career.shtml) He is the Dodgers' career leader in ERA (2\.31\).[Dodgers career pitching leaders from Baseball\-Reference](https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/LAD/leaders_pitch.shtml)

He died in [Chicago](/wiki/Chicago "Chicago") at the age of 84, and is interred at [Rock Island National Cemetery](/wiki/Rock_Island_National_Cemetery "Rock Island National Cemetery").


Who led the National League in hit batsmen with Edward Joseph Pfeffer in 1916 and 1917?