John Gelnar
From BR Bullpen
John Richard Gelnar
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Weight 190 lb.
- School University of Oklahoma
- Debut August 4, 1964
- Final Game April 30, 1971
- Born June 25, 1943 in Granite, OK USA
[edit] Biographical Information
Pitcher John Gelnar of the 1969 Seattle Pilots has the distinction of having lost two games to the Minnesota Twins on consecutive days, Saturday, July 19th and Sunday, July 20th, 1969. The Saturday game went into extra innings,and was only decided in the eighteenth inning. Gelnar came on in the 17th, after the Pilots bullpen had been exhausted. He gave up four runs in the top of the eighteenth, eventually being relieved by Garry Roggenburk. The time of the game was 5 hours, 41 minutes. The next afternoon, Gelnar started against the Twins, pitching seven innings and taking the eventual loss. He allowed one run through the the first seven innings, but weakened in the eighth, giving up a lead-off home run to Cesar Tovar and a single to George Mitterwald without recording an out. Gelnar was relieved by Jim Bouton, who had been the Pilots' starter the previous day. Mitterwald eventually came around to score.
Gelnar now works as a rancher in Hobart, Oklahoma.
