{{short description|German baseball player (1877-1950)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography | name = Pep Deininger | image = Pep Deininger.jpg | caption = Deininger in 1912 | position = Center fielder | birth_date = {{birth date|1877|10|10}} | birth_place = Wasseralfingen, German Empire | death_date = {{death date and age|1950|9|25|1877|10|10}} | death_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | bats = Left | throws = Left |debutleague = MLB | debutdate = April 26 | debutyear = 1902 | debutteam = Boston Americans |finalleague = MLB | finaldate = October 7 | finalyear = 1909 | finalteam = Philadelphia Phillies |statleague = MLB | stat1label = Batting average | stat1value = .263 | stat2label = Runs batted in | stat2value = 16 | stat3label = Runs scored | stat3value = 22 | teams = * Boston Americans (1902) * Philadelphia Phillies (1908–1909) }} '''Otto Charles "Pep" Deininger''' (October 10, 1877 – September 25, 1950) was a German center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for two different teams between {{Baseball year|1902}} and {{Baseball year|1909}}. Listed at 5' {{frac|8|1|2}}", 180 lb., Deininger batted and threw left-handed. He was born in Wasseralfingen, Germany.<ref name=SABR>{{cite web|last1=Nowlin|first1=Bill|title=Pep Deininger|url=http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/ea82a3de|website=Society For American Baseball Research|publisher=Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University|accessdate=8 July 2015}}</ref>
Deininger started his major league career in 1902 as a pitcher for the Boston Americans. He posted a 9.75 earned run average with two strikeouts and nine walks in two appearances, including one start, and did not have a decision. He later switched to the outfield, appearing in 56 games in parts of two seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies.
In a three-season career, Deininger posted a .263 batting average (46-for-175) with 16 runs batted in and 22 runs scored, including 10 doubles, one triple, and five stolen bases with no home runs.
Deininger died in Boston, Massachusetts, at age 72.
==See also== *List of players from Germany in Major League Baseball
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Baseballstats|br=d/deinipe01|brm=deinin001ott}} *[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/D/Pdeinp101.htm Retrosheet]
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