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George Zettlein
Pitcher George “Charmer” Zettlein, a veteran of both the Army and Navy, began his professional career with the Chicago White Stockings in 1871 when his friend, manager Jimmy Wood convinced him to leave the Brooklyn Atlantics. He followed Wood to the Troy Haymakers, Brooklyn Eckfords and Philadelphia Whites, and they returned to Chicago together in 1874. 1875 would be the end of their professional association.
Perhaps it was when the local paper failed to understand what "off-the-record" meant and printed Wood's comments on his players verbatim. A column where Wood referred to his friend “as a poor batter and runner.” That would have seemed harmless as Zettlein was a pitcher who accumulated a record of 129-112 between 1871-76, with his best season in 1873 when he went 36-15 for Philadelphia. He still holds the season record for most innings pitched without giving up a home run. In 1875, he tossed 462 1/3 innings, allowing no homers. He was also reputed to be the hardest-throwing pitcher of his time.
Things with his old friend soon got worse with trade demands, accusations (not proven) of game fixing, and Zettlein's accusations of Wood's “arbitrary and unjust” treatment (like forcing him to play first base all series). For whatever reason, George was out of the game before his 30th birthday. - Baseball History Daily and bRef Bullpen wiki
Redid the facegen. The Historical Minors ID fg code doesn't match bRef but it is what the game uses. I'll make a note in my spreadsheet to recheck it every so often to ensure it is named correctly as new OOTP editions come out.
Last edited by LansdowneSt; 02-14-2023 at 10:40 PM.
Reason: corrected file name, will be changed in my pack in next upload
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