George Henry "Jerry" Upp (December 10, 1883 – June 30, 1937) was a
pitcher
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in
Major League Baseball
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in 1909 for the
Cleveland Naps
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. He played in seven games, starting four of them, pitching 26.2 innings. His
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 numb ...
was 1.69.
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1883 births
1937 deaths
Major League Baseball pitchers
Cleveland Naps players
Lancaster Lanks players
Columbus Senators players
Williamsport Millionaires players
Altoona Rams players
Baseball players from Ohio
Sportspeople from Sandusky, Ohio
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