| Emil Yde | |
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| Pitcher | |
| Born:(1900-01-28)January 28, 1900 Great Lakes, Illinois, U.S. | |
| Died: December 4, 1968(1968-12-04) (aged 68) Leesburg, Florida, U.S. | |
Batted: Both Threw: Left | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 21, 1924, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| October 3, 1929, for the Detroit Tigers | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 49–25 |
| Earned run average | 4.02 |
| Strikeouts | 160 |
Stats atBaseball Reference  | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
Emil Ogden Yde (January 28, 1900 – December 4, 1968) was an American left-handed professionalbaseballpitcher. He played all or part of four seasons inMajor League Baseball for thePittsburgh Pirates (1924–27) andDetroit Tigers in 1929. As a rookie in 1924, Yde led the National League inshutouts with four and inwinning percentage (.842) with aWin–loss record of 16–3.
In1925, Yde became the first pitcher ever to allow back-to-backhome runs in aWorld Series whenGoose Goslin andJoe Harris hit consecutive homers in the third inning of the fourth game of the series.[1]
He also was a good hitting pitcher in his brief major league career, posting a .233batting average (74-for-317) with 46runs, 1 home run and 28RBI.
Yde was of Danish descent.[2] His father worked atNaval Station Great Lakes and later as a superintendent at a coal yard. Yde attended both theUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison and theUniversity of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.[3] He served in theUnited States Navy duringWorld War I.[4]
He moved toLeesburg, Florida during his playing career and eventually became areal estate dealer there.[4] In 1944, he ran forsheriff ofLake County, Florida but lost in theDemocratic Party primary toWillis V. McCall.[5]
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