Howie Krist

{{Short description|American baseball player (1916–1989)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2019}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Howard (Howie) Krist |position=Pitcher |image=Howie Krist Cardinals.jpg |bats=Left |throws=Right |birth_date={{birth date|1916|2|28}} |birth_place=West Henrietta, New York, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1989|4|23|1916|2|28}} |death_place=Buffalo, New York, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=September 12 |debutyear=1937 |debutteam=St. Louis Cardinals |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 7 |finalyear=1946 |finalteam=St. Louis Cardinals |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Win–loss record |stat1value=37–11 |stat2label=Earned run average |stat2value=3.32 |stat3label=Strikeouts |stat3value=150 |teams= * St. Louis Cardinals ({{baseball year|1937}}–{{baseball year|1938}}, {{baseball year|1941}}–{{baseball year|1943}}, {{baseball year|1946}}) |highlights= *2× World Series champion ({{wsy|1942}}, {{wsy|1946}}) }} '''Howard Wilbur Krist''' (February 28, 1916 – April 23, 1989) was an American pitcher who played Major League Baseball from 1937 to 1946.

He was nicknamed “Howie” by his family and "'''Spud'''" during his baseball career, the latter in reference to his childhood years hurling potatoes at the barn for practice with his brothers on their family’s western New York State potato farm.

Krist played his entire MLB career for the St. Louis Cardinals of the National League, and was a member of their 1942 and 1946 World Series Championship teams.

His 10–0 record in 1941, his first full season, is the third-best undefeated season ever. He suffered numerous illnesses and injuries that affected his overall career, including influenza, a broken ankle, a broken back in a car accident, and a bullet wound while serving in the United States Army for two years in Europe during World War II.<ref>{{cite web |title=Baseball in Wartime – Howie Krist |url=http://baseballinwartime.com/player_biographies/krist_howie.htm |website=BaseballinWartime.com |access-date=February 9, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/howie-krist/ |title=Howie Krist |first1=Gregory H. |last1=Wolf |website=sabr.org |publisher=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=February 9, 2019}}</ref>

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