Herman Pitz (July 18, 1865 – September 3, 1924) was a 19th-century

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player. Primarily a

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, he also played

third base A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in baseball or softball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base — the third of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run. In the scoring system us ...

and

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with the Syracuse Stars and

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of the American Association in 1890. He remained active in minor league baseball through 1895. While playing minor league baseball in the

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of New York, Pitz helped get young

John McGraw John Joseph McGraw (April 7, 1873 – February 25, 1934) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) player and manager (baseball), manager who was for almost thirty years manager of the New York Giants (NL), New York Giants. He was also the ...

and

Wee Willie Keeler William Henry Keeler (March 3, 1872 – January 1, 1923), nicknamed "Wee Willie" because of his small stature, was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1892 to 1910, primarily for the Baltimore Orioles and Brooklyn ...

into baseball.

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