Ernest Gerald Koob (September11, 1892November12, 1941) was an American professional baseball player who played
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, ...
in the Major Leagues from 1915 to 1919 for the
St. Louis Browns. On May 5, 1917, Koob
no-hit the eventual
World Champion Chicago White Sox
The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The White Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. The club plays its ...
1–0, besting
Eddie Cicotte—himself a no-hit pitcher against the Browns less than a month earlier, on April 14. The very next day, his teammate
Bob Groom also no-hit the White Sox, 3–0 in the second game of a
doubleheader; to date, Koob and Groom are the only teammates to pitch no-hitters on consecutive days.
Koob attended college at
Western State Normal School.
An obituary published in the November 1941 issue of ''
The Sporting News'' contained statements which complement and to some extent contradict the above information. It states that Koob was born in
St. Louis in 1894; that he died in the Mount St. Rose Sanatorium (St. Louis) on 12 November 1941, of a lung ailment; that he played baseball under the name "Smith" while attending
Kalamazoo State College; that he served in the US Army during
The Great War; and that he played with the Browns until 1920.
See also
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List of Major League Baseball no-hitters
References
External links
1892 births
1941 deaths
Major League Baseball pitchers
Baseball players from Michigan
St. Louis Browns players
Louisville Colonels (minor league) players
Western Michigan Broncos baseball players
Kalamazoo Kazoos players
20th-century American sportsmen
Burials at Calvary Cemetery (St. Louis)
Mobile Bears players
Topeka Senators players
Wichita Falls Spudders players
United States Army personnel of World War I
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