Frederick Pilch

Frederick Henry Pilch

• Born March 5, 1842 in Newark, NJ USA
• Died December 3, 1889 in Bloomfield, NJ USA

Biographical Information

Frederick Pilch served as the first club president for the Americus of Newark; announced by The Newark Daily Advisor on August 8, 1865. He was a pitcher for the team. Outside of baseball he was a volunteer firefighter and was with the Union Army in the Civil War, serving in the 1st and 27th NJ Infantry. He published a book of poems in 1882 called Homespun Verses.