Oscar Horstmann

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Oscar Theodore Horstmann

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 11", Weight 165 lb.

• Debut April 18, 1917
• Final Game June 1, 1919
• Born June 2, 1891 in Alma, MO USA
• Died May 11, 1977 in Salina, KS USA

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Oscar Horstmann pitched three years for the Cardinals, going 9-4 in 1917. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I (BN). A grain inspector retiring in 1958, he lived in Kansas City, MO 40 years before moving to Salina in 1967. He died from a heart attack at age 85 and was cremated.

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