Stan Baumgartner
Stanwood Fulton Baumgartner (December 14, 1894 – October 4, 1955) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher who became a longtime sportswriter in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Born in Houston and raised in Chicago, Baumgartner played for the Philadelphia Phillies of the National League from 1914 to 1916 and from 1921 through early 1922. Then he played for Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics of the American League from 1924 to 1926. In all, he worked in 143 major league games and won 26 of 47 decisions, for a winning percentage of .553. Baseball career A left-hander, Baumgartner was listed as tall and . He played college baseball, football and basketball at the University of Chicago from 1912 to 1914. During the 1913–14 season, all three teams went on to win the Big Ten Conference title, and Baumgartner was chosen for the All-Conference teams in all three sports. Baumgartner then signed with the Phillies and—with no prior professional baseball experience—made his major league debut on June 26, 1914, throwing one-third of an inning in relief against the Brooklyn Robins. He played in 15 games his rookie year, posting a 2–2 record and an earned run average of 3.28, along with two complete games and