Win–loss record 0–1 Role Baseball athlete Name Howard Armstrong | Strikeouts 0 Earned run average 0.00 | |
Died 1926, Canisteo, New York, United States | ||
Howard Elmer Armstrong (December 2, 1889 – March 8, 1926) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the 1911 season
Howard married Lucy Irene Douglas (October 15 1889-died 1989) of Clarion, Ohio, who met Howard while he was boarding with Lucy's mother, Mae Brewster Douglass. They eloped, in 1917, to Hamilton, Ontario. Mae was not happy about the marriage and set Pinkerton after the couple, but they were already married.
Howard played for factory baseball teams in Ohio and Canisteo and was well known locally.
Howard and Lucy had three children, Robert, James and Thomas.
Howard Armstrong died in 1926, most likely of a staph infection. His immediate family remained in the Canisteo area, with seven grandchildren and many great-grandchildren, living throughout the country.