finalyear death_date death_place bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
1911 3 october 1953 loveland , ohio right cincinnati , ohio 1903 may 10 71-44 2.02 503 pitcher chicago cubs pitching record earned run average strikeouts september 8 24 may 1878 jack pfiester baseball card.jpg jack pfiester
 pittsburgh pirates jack pfiester left
jack pfiester

john -lrb- jack -rrb- albert pfiester -lrb- may 24 , 1878 in cincinnati , ohio -- september 3 , 1953 -rrb- , is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the major leagues from 1903 to 1911 .
pfiester finished with a 1.51 era in 1906 -lrb- one of the best rookie seasons by any pitcher since -rrb- , and a 1.15 era in 1907 .
his career era is 2.02 , 3rd lowest among pitchers with 1,000 + innings thrown , and he had a .617 winning percentage .
on september 23 , 1908 against the new york giants he pitched a complete game , allowing five hits , all with a dislocated tendon in his pitching forearm .
he had to be assisted off the field a few times after throwing curve balls .
and as soon as the game ended he went to ohio to be treated , his tendon snapped back into place by trainer bonesetter reese .
although bonesetter got pfiester throwing again , it would prove to be only a matter of time before the wear and tear got to pfiester .
in 1909 , pfiester posted 17 wins and a 2.43 era in his last full season .
over the next two years he would make 20 more appearances as a major league pitcher , and by the age of 33 he was done .
after pfiester 's playing career ended , he and his wife settled in ohio with their son , jack jr. .
pfiester died in loveland , ohio , at the age of 75 .
pfiester was the starting pitcher for the chicago cubs in game 3 of the 1908 world series , the team 's last championship to date .
he was also the winning pitcher of game 2 of the 1907 world series .
