Henry Richardson Camnitz (October 26, 1884 – January 6, 1951) was an American

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, ...

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. He played briefly for the

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and

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. He also compiled a 99–88 career record in eight seasons in the Minor Leagues, including 27 wins for the McKeesport Tubers in 1909."Harry Camnitz Statistics and History"
''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2011-1-3. He was the brother of

Howie Camnitz Samuel Howard Camnitz (August 22, 1881 – March 2, 1960) was an American starting pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Philadelphia Phillies (1913) in the National League and for the Pittsburgh Rebels (1914–15) ...

, also a pitcher in the Major Leagues.

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