Joe Woerlin
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Joseph Woerlin
- Bats Unknown, Throws Unknown
- Debut July 21, 1895
- Final Game July 21, 1895
- Born October 9, 1864 in Trenheim, France
- Died June 22, 1919 in St.Louis, MO USA
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Joe Woerlin may have been the first major league player born in France. Although Larry Ressler is listed as having been born earlier in France, no city is given as the place.
Woerlin was 30 when he played his one game for the 1895 Washington Senators at shortstop. He hit .333 and had three assists in the field. The Senators that year couldn't settle on a regular shortstop, using 14 players there, with no one player getting more than 48 games. The following year they settled on Gene DeMontreville, who was virtually the only player they used at shortstop.
