Harold Charles Neubauer (May 13, 1902 – September 9, 1949) was a

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. He played for the

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during the season. Listed at , 185 lb., Neubauer batted and threw

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Biography

A native of

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, Neubauer attended

Worcester Academy Worcester Academy is a co-ed private boarding school in Worcester, Massachusetts serving grades 6-12. It is the oldest school founded in Worcester, Massachusetts, and one of the oldest day-boarding schools in the United States. A coeducation ...

, and went on to play varsity baseball and football at

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. Described in 1923 by renowned sportswriter

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as "the perennial smasher of pennant hopes of large eastern colleges," Neubauer compiled a 23–7 record on the mound in four seasons at Brown. His coach at Brown was former Boston Red Sox

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and Brown

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professor

Wally Snell Walter Henry "Doc" Snell (May 19, 1889 – July 23, 1980) was an American baseball player and coach, college athletics administrator, and mycologist. He played briefly as a catcher in Major League Baseball with the Boston Red Sox during the seas ...

. While at Brown in 1923, Neubauer played summer baseball for Falmouth of the

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, competing against Snell, who managed the league's Hyannis team. Neubauer launched his senior season at Brown by tossing a

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against

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in Brown's 18–0 six-inning victory. Neubauer graduated from Brown in 1925, and was quickly signed by the Red Sox, joining a pitching staff that featured

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. Neubauer appeared in seven games for the 1925 Red Sox, his lone season in the major leagues. His major league debut came on July 12 against the

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at Dunn Field. He pitched two innings in relief of Boston starter

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, allowing three hits and three earned runs, while walking Hall of Famers

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and

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in the Red Sox' 13–2 loss. Neubauer recorded his only major league victory the following day, hurling two scoreless innings in Boston's 12–11 win over the Indians. Neubauer's final major league appearance came on September 8 at

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in the second game of a doubleheader against the

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. He came on to pitch the ninth inning in relief of

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with the Yankees leading, 7–2. Neubauer got Hall of Fame center fielder

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to fly out, then struck out

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. With two down, Neubauer allowed back-to-back singles to Hall of Fame sluggers

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and

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, but wiggled out of the jam by striking out Ben Paschal. Boston managed two more runs in the bottom of the ninth off Yankee Hall of Fame hurler

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, who had gone the distance for New York, but it was not enough as the Red Sox went down, 7–4. In his seven major league appearances, Neubauer posted a 1–0 record with a 12.19

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, four

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s, 11 walks, and 17 hits allowed in innings of work. He never made a fielding error or came to bat for Boston. Neubauer twirled for the

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of the Eastern League in 1926, posting a 3.76 ERA in 91 innings. Neubauer and Madeleine Gay Fish were married in 1924, and had four children. He died in 1949 in

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at age 47.

References

External links

Retrosheet
*Biographical profile fro
Society for American Baseball Research
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