George Pfister

George Edward Pfister (September 4, 1918 – August 14, 1997) was an American catcher, coach and executive in Major League Baseball. Pfister threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighed 200 pounds (91 kg) during his playing career (1939–1941; 1946–1951; 1953; 1957). He served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.[1]

George Pfister
Catcher
Born: (1918-09-04)September 4, 1918
Bound Brook, New Jersey
Died: August 14, 1997(1997-08-14) (aged 78)
Somerset, New Jersey
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 27, 1941, for the Brooklyn Dodgers
Last MLB appearance
September 27, 1941, for the Brooklyn Dodgers
MLB statistics
Games played1
At bats2
Hits0
Teams

Pfister appeared in one game for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the 1941 season. On September 27, he was hitless in two at bats against Ike Pearson in a 7–3 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies at Ebbets Field.[2]

Pfister was a coach for the Dodgers in 1952, a minor-league manager in the Brooklyn organization for five seasons between 1948 and 1957, a front office official for minor league clubs, and the farm system director of the New York Yankees from 1965–1974. He spent 23 years working in baseball operations for Major League Baseball. In 1991, Pfister was presented with the King of Baseball award given by Minor League Baseball.

Born in Bound Brook, New Jersey, Pfister died of a heart attack at the age of 78 at Somerset Hospital on August 14, 1997.[3]

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