# Johnny Enzmann

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{{Short description|American baseball player (1890–1984)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Johnny Enzmann
|position=[Pitcher](/source/Pitcher)
|image=File:Johnny Enzmann in 1918.jpg
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1890|3|4}}
|birth_place=[Brooklyn, New York](/source/Brooklyn%2C_New_York), U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1984|3|14|1890|3|4}}
|death_place=[Riverhead, New York](/source/Riverhead%2C_New_York), U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate= July 10 
|debutyear= 1914
|debutteam= Brooklyn Robins
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=October 2
|finalyear=1920
|finalteam= Philadelphia Phillies
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Win–loss record](/source/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching))
|stat1value=11-12
|stat2label=[Earned run average](/source/Earned_run_average)
|stat2value=2.84
|stat3label=[Strikeouts](/source/Strikeouts)
|stat3value=91
|teams=
* [Brooklyn Robins](/source/Brooklyn_Robins)  ({{mlby|1914}})
* [Cleveland Indians](/source/Cleveland_Indians) ({{mlby|1918}}–{{mlby|1919}})
* [Philadelphia Phillies](/source/Philadelphia_Phillies) ({{mlby|1920}})
}}

'''John''' "'''Gentleman John'''" '''Enzmann''' (March 4, 1890 – March 14, 1984) was an American [pitcher](/source/pitcher) in [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball).

==Biography==
He pitched for the 1914 [Brooklyn Robins](/source/Brooklyn_Robins), the 1918–1919 [Cleveland Indians](/source/Cleveland_Indians) and the 1920 [Philadelphia Phillies](/source/Philadelphia_Phillies). Following his baseball career, Enzmann worked as toolmaker from which he retired in 1972.

The Phillies celebrated the franchise's centennial in [1983](/source/1983_Philadelphia_Phillies_season) and identified Enzmann as the team's then-living oldest player. Enzmann was 93 years old and living in Ft. Lauderdale.<ref>{{cite news |title=In Philadelphia, They're The Wheeze Kids |author=Steve Wulf |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1120630/index.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628232416/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1120630/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 28, 2011 |newspaper=Sports Illustrated|date=1983-03-14 |access-date=2010-12-21}}</ref>  As part of celebrations on May 1, 1983, Enzmann threw out the [ceremonial first pitch](/source/ceremonial_first_pitch) prior to the Phillies game against the [Houston Astros](/source/Houston_Astros) at [Veterans Stadium](/source/Veterans_Stadium).<ref>{{cite news |title= Phillies begin 100-year celebration|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xagyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7ucFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6193,5612726&dq=johnny+enzmann+phillies&hl=en |newspaper=Gettysburg Times|date=1983-05-03 |access-date=2010-12-21|page=11}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Baseballstats | br=e/enzmajo01| fangraphs=  | cube=|brm=enzman001joh }}

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Category:1890 births
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Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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