Joseph Peter "Smokey" Lotz (January 2, 1891 – January 1, 1971) was a

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 for the

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in 1916."Joe Lotz Statistics and History"
''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2011-02-02. He attended

Creighton University Creighton University () is a private research university in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1878, the university is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. In 2015 the university enrolled 8,393 graduate ...

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1891 births 1971 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers St. Louis Cardinals players Baseball players from Iowa Omaha Rourkes players Kearney Kapitalists players Oshkosh Indians players Seattle Giants players Rochester Hustlers players Sioux City Packers players 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-baseball-pitcher-1890s-stub