{{Short description|American baseball player (1861–1943)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=George Pechiney |position=Pitcher |image= |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1861|9|20|mf=y}} |birth_place=Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1943|7|14|1861|9|20}} |death_place=Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=August 4 |debutyear={{Baseball year|1885}} |debutteam=Cincinnati Red Stockings |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=June 24 |finalyear={{Baseball year|1887}} |finalteam=Cleveland Blues |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Win–loss record |stat1value=23–34 |stat2label=Strikeouts |stat2value=183 |stat3label=Earned run average |stat3value=4.23 |teams= *Cincinnati Red Stockings (1885–1886) *Cleveland Blues (1887) }} '''George Adolphe Pechiney''' (September 20, 1861 – July 14, 1943) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher from {{Baseball year|1885}}–{{Baseball year|1887}}. He played for the Cleveland Blues and Cincinnati Red Stockings in the American Association
Pechiney was born in Cincinnati. He began the 1885 season with the Chattanooga Lookouts of the Southern League.<ref name=minors>{{cite web|title=George Pechiney minors|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=pechin001geo|work=Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=2012-01-02}}</ref> He also played for the Columbus Stars of the Southern League in 1885 before joining the Major Leagues with the Cincinnati Red Stockings of the American Association later that year.<ref name=minors/><ref name=reds>{{cite book|title=The Cincinnati Reds|author=Allen, L.|pages=31, 175|orig-year=1948|year=2006|publisher=Kent State University Press|isbn=978-0-87338-886-3}}</ref> He made his Major League debut for the Red Stockings on August 4, 1885.<ref name=br/> With the Red Stockings in 1885, Pechiney pitched in 11 games, starting and completing all of them, with a win–loss record of 7–4, a 2.02 earned run average and 49 strikeouts in 98 innings pitched.<ref name=br>{{cite web|title=George Pechiney|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pechige01.shtml|work=Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=2012-01-02}}</ref> His winning percentage of .636 ranked 4th in the American Association behind just Bob Caruthers, Dave Foutz and Bobby Mathews.<ref name=br/><ref>{{cite web|title=1885 American Association Pitching Leaders|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AA/1885-pitching-leaders.shtml|work=Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=2012-01-02}}</ref>
In 1886, Pechiney pitched for the Red Stockings once again. He started 40 games, completing 35. In {{frac|300|1|3}} innings pitched he posted a win–loss record of 15–21, a 4.14 earned run average and 110 strikeouts.<ref name=br/> His 2 shutouts ranked in the top 10 among American Association pitchers, as did his 21 losses, 133 walks, 152 earned runs surrenders and 14 hit batsmen.<ref name=br/><ref>{{cite web|title=1886 American Association Pitching Leaders|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AA/1886-pitching-leaders.shtml|work=Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=2012-01-02}}</ref> Pechiney also played in 4 games in the outfield for Cincinnati in 1886, including a game on September 12 which he started but moved to center field after three innings because he was pitching wildly.<ref name=br/><ref>{{cite news|title=Mets 8, Cincinnati 3|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RFVeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=w2ANAAAAIBAJ&pg=5090,3537544&dq=george+pechiney&hl=en|newspaper=Baltimore American|page=4|date=September 12, 1886|accessdate=2012-01-02}}</ref> On April 27, 1886, Pechiney pitched a complete game despite giving up 20 runs in a 20–3 loss to the St. Louis Browns.<ref>{{cite book|title=Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame Highlights: Memorable Moments in Team History|author=Rhodes, G.|page=38|year=2007|publisher=Clerisy Press|isbn=978-1-57860-300-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The 1886 Cincinnati Reds Regular Season Game Log|url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1886/VCN201886.htm|publisher=Retrosheet|accessdate=2012-01-02}}</ref>
In 1887, Pechiney moved to the newly formed Cleveland Blues of the American Association.<ref name=br/><ref>{{cite web|title=Cleveland Spiders Team History & Encyclopedia|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLV/|work=Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=2012-01-02}}</ref> On April 16, 1887, he was the Blues' Opening Day starting pitcher for the first season in the team's history, pitching against his former Cincinnati team.<ref name=op87>{{cite web|url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1887/VCL301887.htm|title=1887 Cleveland Blues Regular Season Game Log|publisher=Retrosheet|accessdate=2012-01-02}}</ref> The Blues lost the game by a score of 16–6.<ref name=op87/> For the season, Pechiney started 10 games for the Blues, completing all of them.<ref name=br/> He had a win–loss record of 1–9, with a 7.12 earned run average and 24 strikeouts in 86 innings.<ref name=br/> He pitched his final game for the Blues, and in the Major Leagues on June 24, 1887.<ref name=br/> In 1888 he pitched in the minor leagues once again for the Canton Nadjys of the Tri-State League.<ref name=minors/>
On June 12, 1925, Pechiney appeared at the Golden Jubilee celebration of Redland Field, along with other former Reds and Red Stockings players.<ref name=reds/> Pechiney died at the age of 81 in Cincinnati and is buried at Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati.<ref name=almanac>{{cite web|title=George Pechiney|url=https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=pechige01|publisher=Baseball Almanac|accessdate=2012-01-02}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pechiney, George}} Category:Major League Baseball pitchers Category:Cleveland Blues (1887–88) players Category:Cincinnati Red Stockings (AA) players Category:Baseball players from Cincinnati Category:19th-century baseball players Category:19th-century American sportsmen Category:Chattanooga Lookouts players Category:Columbus Stars (baseball) players Category:Canton Nadjys players Category:1861 births Category:1943 deaths