Andrew Lapihuska (November 1, 1922 – February 17, 1996) was an American professional

baseball player Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...

. He was a right-handed

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("Pitch (baseball), pitches") the Baseball (ball), baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of out (baseball), retiring a batter (baseball), batter, ...

over parts of two seasons (1942–43) with the

Philadelphia Phillies The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia. The Phillies compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East Division. Since 2004, the team's home stadium has ...

. For his career, he compiled an 0–2 record, with a 7.04

earned run average In baseball statistics, earned run average (ERA) is the average of earned runs allowed by a pitcher per nine innings pitched (i.e. the traditional length of a game). It is determined by dividing the number of earned runs allowed by the number ...

, and 8

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s in 23 innings pitched. Lapihuska was born in the Delmont section of Maurice River Township, New Jersey, and died in

Millville, New Jersey Millville is a city in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 27,491, a decrease of 909 (−3.2%) from the 2010 census count of 28,400, which in turn reflected an in ...

, at the age of 73.

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1922 births 1996 deaths Philadelphia Phillies players Major League Baseball pitchers Baseball players from Cumberland County, New Jersey Allentown Wings players Trenton Packers players Birmingham Barons players Utica Blue Sox players People from Maurice River Township, New Jersey Millville High School (New Jersey) alumni 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-baseball-pitcher-1920s-stub