Won/Loss Record 85-69 Role Baseball player Name Gene Packard | Strikeouts 488 ERA 3.01 | |
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Died May 19, 1959, Riverside, California, United States | ||
Eugene Milo Packard (July 13, 1887, in Colorado Springs, Colorado – May 18, 1959, in Riverside, California), was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1912 to 1919. He played for the Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, Kansas City Packers, St. Louis Cardinals, and Philadelphia Phillies.
On August 3, 1918, while with the Cardinals he gave up 12 runs in a game and did not take the loss. That feat was not matched for 90 years, until Scott Feldman of the Texas Rangers did the same on August 13, 2008.
One of the minor league teams Packard played for was the Independence Jewelers based in Independence, Kansas in 1908. Packard pitched a one hit shutout against Tulsa, Oklahoma on July 26. On August 10 the local newspaper headline read "Packard Breaks World's Record". The game the newspaper was talking about was against Bartlesville, Oklahoma on August 8, and Packard had pitched a perfect game.