finalyear death_date debutyear statvalue finalteam birth_date death_place finaldate image_size image statlabel debutteam name throws caption birth_place debutdate bats position article_title
1929 28 may 1959 1916 1-2 3.55 8 chicago cubs 24 april 1896 sacramento , california september 4 140px kenneth penner , houston buffaloes in 1928.jpg win-loss record e.r.a. strikeouts cleveland indians ken penner right penner as a pitcher for the 1928 houston buffaloes boonville , indiana september 11 left pitcher ken penner

ken penner

kenneth william penner -lrb- april 24 , 1896 -- may 28 , 1959 -rrb- was a major league baseball pitcher who played for two seasons .
he pitched for the cleveland indians in 1916 and the nl-pennant winning chicago cubs in 1929 ; he did not appear in the world series .
in between his two major league seasons , he played in the minor leagues for 28 seasons -lrb- 1913 - 1943 -rrb- ; he recorded a career record of 330-284 -lrb- .537 win pct -rrb- and an 3.67 era over 5,571 innings .
he won league era titles for the 1916 marshalltown ansons in the central association with a 1.41 era and the 1927 houston buffaloes of the texas league with a 2.52 era .
he managed several minor league teams between 1934 and 1944 , compiling a record of 437-636 -lrb- .407 -rrb- and one pennant ; he notably the louisville colonels of the american association and the bellingham chinooks where he led them to the 1938 western international league pennant .
he was a player/coach for the sacramento solons in 1941-1942 .
he was a scout for the st. louis cardinals from 1945 through 1957 .
