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Gene Krapp, Pitcher, Indians, Buffalo/Federal League
Born: May 12, 1887, Rochester, NY
Died: April 13, 1923, Detroit, MI, (Bowel Cancer, 35years old)
Drafted by the Detroit Wolverines in the 7th round(Pick #80) of the 1911 draft.
Drafted by the Bridgeport Blue Meanies in the 12th round of the 1912 draft(Pick #151)
Drafted by The Baltimore Terrapins in the 5th round of the 1914 draft.(Pick # 63)
Drafted by the ArkLaTex Robins in the 9th round of the 1915 draft. (Pick # 1250
Gene Krapp helped lead the 1914 Terrapins to the NLCS vs the Robins. The Robins swept the Terrapins in 4 games. He took the loss in Game #3, allowing 6 runs in 7 IP.
His 2.21 ERA was 6th in the league. His 6.1 hits per 9 IP was the best in the league, while his 136 walks also led the league.
On 9/4/1914 he tossed a no-hitter vs the Tornados, winning 4-0.
SCL STATS:
Team Year
ERA W L S G GS CG SHO INN H R ER BB K HR GDP BF
DW 1911 4.24 4 7 0 26 18 2 0 119.0 118 76 56 65 88 6 11 544
BBM 1912 3.66 2 4 0 21 5 1 0 66.1 72 38 27 51 22 1 8 316
BT 1914 2.21 17 9 0 38 38 12 4 285.1 192 96 70 136 100 9 12 1189
ARK 1915 7.27 1 1 0 5 1 0 0 8.2 8 7 7 5 2 0 0 40
3.00 24 21 0 90 62 15 4 479.1 390 217 160 257 212 16 31 2089
Gene Krapp’s SABR bio has an anecdote regarding baseball writer Charley Dryden. He supposedly wrote the following game account: “ Krapp squeezed his way out of a tight hole when, with the bases loaded, he induced Rollie Zeider to line to Bill Wambsganss for an inning-ending double play.”
Real Life Totals: (1911-12, 1914-15) 40-47, 3.23, IP-764.1, K’s-353, WHIP-1.372
