Edwin John "Cy" Pieh (September 29, 1886 – September 12, 1945) was a

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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, ...

who played from to with the

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. He was a right-handed batter and pitcher. His nickname "Cy" was short for "Cyclone" because his corkscrew-style of pitching motion was said to resemble that of a cyclone. He was born in

Waunakee, Wisconsin Waunakee () is a village in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 14,879 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. A suburb of Madison, Wisconsin, Madison, it is part of the Madison metropolitan area. Waunakee bills itse ...

, and his family moved to

Enderlin, North Dakota Enderlin is a city in Cass and Ransom counties in the State of North Dakota. The population was 881 at the 2020 census. History Enderlin was founded in 1891. One of the oldest buildings in town, the Robert Lindemann House, was built in 1913 an ...

when he was a child. He died in

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and was buried in Enderlin.

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