Harry Feldman
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Harry Feldman (November 10, 1919 - March 16, 1962) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the New York Giants from 1941 to 1946. The 6'0", 175 lb. right-hander was a native of New York, New York.
[edit] Major league career
Feldman did the bulk of his pitching for the Giants during the World War II years (1942-45).
He won his first major league game in his second start, a 4-0 shutout over the Boston Braves in the second game of a doubleheader at the Polo Grounds (September 21, 1941).
In 1944 he was 9th in the NL with 40 games pitched.
In 1945 he was 6th in the NL in games started (30) and shutouts (3), and 9th in innings (217.7) and batters faced (933).
Career totals include a 35-35 record, 143 games pitched, 78 starts, 22 complete games, 6 shutouts, 28 games finished, and 3 saves. In 666 innings pitched he struck out 254, walked 300, and had an earned run average of 3.80.
In 1946 he joined a number of other players, such as Max Lanier, Johnny Murphy, and Dixie Walker, in jumping to the "outlaw" Mexican League.
Feldman is 8th lifetime in ERA of all Jewish major league pitchers, behind among others Sandy Koufax and Ken Holtzman.[1]
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