# Em Lindbeck

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**Emerit Desmond Lindbeck Jr.** (August 27, 1934 – August 27, 2008) was an American professional [baseball](/source/Baseball) [outfielder](/source/Outfielder) whose seven-year career included two appearances as a [pinch hitter](/source/Pinch_hitter) for the [Detroit Tigers](/source/Detroit_Tigers) of [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball). Lindbeck was a native of [Kewanee, Illinois](/source/Kewanee,_Illinois); he batted [left-handed](/source/Left-handed), threw [right-handed](/source/Right-handed), and was listed as 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and 185 pounds (84 kg).

Lindbeck signed with the [Milwaukee Braves](/source/Milwaukee_Braves) in 1956 after graduating from the [University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign](/source/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana%E2%80%93Champaign), where—in addition to starring in baseball—he was the starting [quarterback](/source/Quarterback) for the 1954 and 1955 [Illinois Fighting Illini football](/source/Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football) team.[1] He spent four seasons in the Milwaukee [farm system](/source/Farm_system) before the Tigers chose him in the 1959 [Rule 5 draft](/source/Rule_5_draft). He began 1960 on the Tigers' 28-man roster, but appeared in only two [games](/source/Games_played). On April 22, he pinch-hit for [pitcher](/source/Pitcher) [Dave Sisler](/source/Dave_Sisler) and drew a [base on balls](/source/Base_on_balls) against [Bob Shaw](/source/Bob_Shaw_(baseball)) of the [Chicago White Sox](/source/Chicago_White_Sox).[2] Nine days later, on May 1, also against the White Sox, he batted for [Ray Semproch](/source/Ray_Semproch) and [grounded out](/source/Ground_ball) against [Gerry Staley](/source/Gerry_Staley).[3] When rosters were reduced to 25 men in mid-May, the Tigers offered Lindbeck back to the Braves' organization, but he temporarily refused an assignment to the Braves' [Double-A](/source/Double-A_(baseball)) [Austin](/source/Austin_Senators) affiliate, and did not report to the Milwaukee organization until 1961.[1]

Lindbeck played two more seasons of [minor league baseball](/source/Minor_league_baseball) before leaving the professional ranks in 1962. He returned to Kewanee, where he became a teacher, school administrator and coach; later he served as mayor of Kewanee. However, he was charged with and convicted of voter fraud in 1989, ending his teaching and political careers.[1] He died in his hometown on his 74th birthday in 2008.

## References

1. [Moody, Chad, *Em Lindbeck,*](https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/em-lindbeck/) [Society for American Baseball Research](/source/Society_for_American_Baseball_Research) Biography Project

1. [Retrosheet](/source/Retrosheet) [box score (22 April 1960):"Detroit Tigers 6, Chicago White Sox 5"](https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1960/B04220DET1960.htm)

1. [Retrosheet](/source/Retrosheet) [box score (1 May 1960):"Chicago White Sox 6, Detroit Tigers 3 (1)"](https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1960/B05011CHA1960.htm)

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