Ted Pawelek
| Ted Pawelek | |
|---|---|
| Catcher | |
| Born: August 15, 1919 Chicago Heights, Illinois | |
| Died: February 12, 1964 (aged 44) Chicago Heights, Illinois | |
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 13, 1946, for the Chicago Cubs | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 26, 1946, for the Chicago Cubs | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .250 |
| Home runs | 0 |
| Runs batted in | 0 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
Theodore John Pawelek (August 15, 1919 – February 12, 1964) nicknamed "Porky", was an American professional baseball player, who played in four games in Major League Baseball as a catcher and pinch hitter for the 1946 Chicago Cubs. Pawelek batted left-handed, threw right-handed, and was listed as 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and 202 pounds (92 kg). He was born in Chicago Heights, Illinois.
For his brief MLB career, he compiled a .250 batting average in four at-bats. Pawelek had spent 1946 with the Nashville Vols of the Double-A Southern Association, batting .335 with 107 hits and 15 home runs playing his home games in the Vols' hitter-friendly ballpark, Sulphur Dell. In his September trial, he was hitless in his first three appearances for the Cubs, but on September 26, 1946, in what would be his last big-league at bat, he doubled off the Pittsburgh Pirates' Jack Hallett in a 5–3 Chicago victory.[1][2]
During his 11-season minor league career (1939–1941 and 1946–1953), he played for the Anniston Rams, Hot Springs Bathers, Tulsa Oilers, Nashville Vols, Los Angeles Angels, Portsmouth Cubs, Reidsville Luckies, Lakeland Pilots, Oklahoma City Indians, and Pampa Oilers. His career was interrupted from 1942 to 1945 when Pawelek served with the United States Marines during World War II.[3]
He died in Chicago Heights in an automobile accident at the age of 44. Pawelek was a Detroit Tigers scout at the time of his death.
References
[edit]- ^ "Those Who Served". Baseball in Wartime. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
- ^ "Chicago Cubs 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 3 (26 September 1946)". Retrosheet. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
- ^ Baseball Reference
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference
.jpg){kind=small}   | This biographical article relating to an American baseball catcher born in the 1910s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1919 births
- 1964 deaths
- Anniston Rams players
- Chicago Cubs players
- Detroit Tigers scouts
- Fulton Tigers players
- Hot Springs Bathers players
- Lakeland Pilots players
- Los Angeles Angels (minor league) players
- Major League Baseball catchers
- Minor league baseball managers
- Nashville Vols players
- Oklahoma City Indians players
- Pampa Oilers players
- Sportspeople from Chicago Heights, Illinois
- Portsmouth Cubs players
- Reidsville Luckies players
- Road incident deaths in Illinois
- Baseball players from Cook County, Illinois
- Tulsa Oilers (baseball) players
- United States Marines
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American baseball catcher, 1910s birth stubs