Pip Koehler

{{short description|American baseball and basketball player (1902-1986)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Pip Koehler |position=Outfielder |image=Pip Koehler newspaper.png |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1902|1|16|mf=y}} |birth_place=Gilbert, Pennsylvania, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1986|12|8|1902|1|16}} |death_place=Tacoma, Washington, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=April 22 |debutyear={{Baseball year|1925}} |debutteam=New York Giants |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 12 |finalyear={{Baseball year|1925}} |finalteam=New York Giants |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.000 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=0 |stat3label=RBI |stat3value=0 |teams= *New York Giants (1925) }}

'''Horace Levering "Pip" Koehler''' (January 16, 1902 – December 8, 1986) was an American Major League Baseball outfielder and professional basketball player.

==Baseball== Koehler played only one season (1925) with the New York Giants. He was a small athlete at {{height|ft=5|in=10}}, 165 pounds, who threw and batted right-handed. Koehler attended Penn State University. On April 22, 1925, Koehler made his big league debut at the age of 23. He ended up appearing in only 12 games and collecting 2 at-bats. He struck out once and scored one run, but didn't collect a single hit. Used primarily as a pinch runner, Koehler was flawless in the field. He played his final game on September 12, 1925. Koehler died on December 8, 1986. He was interred in Calvary Cemetery in Tacoma, Washington.

==Basketball== While playing for the Toledo Mud Hens, Koehler was also the player-coach of the Toledo Red Man Tobaccos. In 1930, he led the Red Man to the National Professional Basketball League championship.<ref>{{cite news |title=Koehler Will Pilot Red Man Cage Team |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ahxYAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA47 |access-date=1 April 2024 |work=The Toledo News-Bee |date=September 24, 1930}}</ref>

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==External links== {{Baseballstats | br=k/koehlpi01|brm=koehle001hor |fangraphs=1007074}} *{{commonscatinline}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Koehler, Pip}} Category:1902 births Category:1986 deaths Category:Baseball players from Monroe County, Pennsylvania Category:Basketball players from Pennsylvania Category:Major League Baseball outfielders Category:New York Giants (baseball) players Category:Penn State Nittany Lions baseball players Category:Penn State Nittany Lions basketball players Category:Basketball player-coaches Category:Toledo Mud Hens players Category:Toledo Red Man Tobaccos players