Jake Thielman

American baseball player (1879-1928)

Baseball player

Jake Thielman

Pitcher
Born: (1879-05-20)May 20, 1879 St. Cloud, Minnesota
Died: January 28, 1928(1928-01-28) (aged 48) Minneapolis, Minnesota
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 19, 1905, for the St. Louis Cardinals
Last MLB appearance
August 9, 1908, for the Boston Red Sox
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	30–28
Strikeouts	158
ERA	3.16

Teams
St. Louis Cardinals (1905–06) Cleveland Naps (1907–08) Boston Red Sox (1908)

John Peter Thielman (May 20, 1879 – January 28, 1928) was a German-American pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1905 through 1908 for the St. Louis Cardinals (1905–1906), Cleveland Naps (1907–1908) and Boston Red Sox (1908).^[1] Listed at 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m), 175 pounds (79 kg), Thielman batted and threw right-handed. He was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota. His younger brother, Henry Thielman, also pitched in the majors.

In a four-season career, Thielman posted a 30–28 record with 158 strikeouts and a 3.16 ERA in 65 appearances, including 56 starts, 56 complete games, three shutouts, and 475⅓ innings of work.

Thielman died at the age of 48 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Best seasons

1905 – 15 wins, 87 SO, 3.50 ERA, 242.0 innings
1907 – 11 wins, 56 SO, 2.33 ERA, 166.0 innings

References

^ [1]"He was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, on May 20, 1879, to Leonard and Mary Thielman. Leonard was a hardware dealer at the time of the 1900 census, a German immigrant who had come to the United States around 1858. Mary had been born in New York to German immigrant parents. "