Oscar J. Woehrlin (December 12, 1871 - March 7, 1934) was a professional

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...

player. He appeared in one game in

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (baseball), National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. MLB i ...

in 1895 for the Washington Senators as a

shortstop Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball positions, baseball or softball fielding position between second base, second and third base, which is considered to be among the Defensive spectrum, most demanding defensive positions. Historically, the ...

. He was initially identified as Joe Woerlin until research in 2016 gave Joe's playing record to Oscar. Woehrlin died in 1934 in his home town of

St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis ( , sometimes referred to as St. Louis City, Saint Louis or STL) is an Independent city (United States), independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It lies near the confluence of the Mississippi River, Mississippi and the Miss ...

of prostate cancer.

References

External links

Major League Baseball infielders Washington Senators (1891–1899) players 19th-century baseball players 19th-century American sportsmen 1871 births 1934 deaths Baseball players from St. Louis Deaths from cancer in Missouri {{baseball-infielder-stub