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Stanwood Wendell Partenheimer 'Party''(October 21, 1922 – January 28, 1989) was a
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in
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who played for the
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(1944) and
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(1945). He was listed at , and batted
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and threw
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. He was born in
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. His father, Steve Partenheimer, also was a major league player. In a two-season-career, Partenheimer posted a 6.91
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in nine appearances, including three starts, six
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s, 18 walks, and 14 innings of work without a
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. Partenheimer spent the majority of his post-MLB career at
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and was named to their Hall of Fame. His son,
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, played professional soccer. Partenheimer died in
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, at the age of 66.


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List of second-generation Major League Baseball players Dozens of father-and-son combinations have played or managed in Major League Baseball (MLB). The first was Jack Doscher, son of Herm Doscher, who made his debut in 1903. Ken Griffey Sr. and Ken Griffey Jr. became the first father-and-son duo t ...


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Boston Red Sox players St. Louis Cardinals players Major League Baseball pitchers Sportspeople from Chicopee, Massachusetts Baseball players from Chicopee, Massachusetts 1922 births 1989 deaths Wooster Fighting Scots baseball players 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-baseball-pitcher-1920s-stub