Howie Krist
American baseball player
Died when: 73 years 54 days (877 months)Star Sign: Pisces
Howard Wilbur Krist (February 28, 1916 – April 23, 1989) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1937 to 1946. "Spud" (a nickname that described his humble beginnings on a New York Potato Farm,) played his entire career for the St.
Louis Cardinals of the National League, and was a member of the 1942 and 1946 World Series Championship teams.Krist's 10–0 record in 1941, his first full season, is the third-best undefeated season ever.
He served in the Army for two years in Europe during World War II, and lost his effectiveness as a pitcher due to a injury sustained while leaping into a foxhole.
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