Win–loss record 26–36 Role Baseball player Name Joe Krakauskas | Strikeouts 347 Earned run average 4.53 | |
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Died July 8, 1960, Hamilton, Canada | ||
Joseph Victor Lawrence Krakauskas (March 28, 1915 – July 8, 1960) was a Canadian baseball pitcher who played for seven seasons in the Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Washington Senators from 1937 to 1940 and the Cleveland Indians from 1941 to 1942 and 1946. He is best known for giving up the final hit in Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hit streak in 1941.
He was of Lithuanian descent.
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