Charlie Wiedemeyer

Charles John Wiedemeyer
(Chip)

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 6' 1½", Weight 180 lb.

• Debut September 9, 1934
• Final Game September 30, 1934
• Born January 31, 1914 in Chicago, IL USA
• Died October 27, 1979 in Lake Geneva, FL USA

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Biographical Information

Charlie Wiedemeyer was a pitcher five years (1934-1938), all in the minors except for a cup of coffee with the Chicago Cubs in 1934. He was born on January 31, 1914, in Chicago, IL.

Wiedemeyer was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 9, 1934, with the Cubs. He had no decisions in 4 games, including 1 start, with 2 strikeouts and 4 walks in 8 1/3 innings pitched with an ERA of 9.72 and a WHIP of 2.400. He played his final major league game on September 30th at age 20.

He returned to the minors with Peoria in the Three-I League (1935) and Bloomington (I.I.I.) (1938); ending his baseball career at age 24.

Wiedemeyer was a World War II veteran (BN). An educator, he was one of the first professors at Santa Fe Community College in 1966 and at one time was senator director of the east campus. He died at age 65 at his home in Lake Geneva, FL on October 27, 1979 and is buried at Keystone Heights Cemetery in Keystone Heights, FL.

Sources

Principal sources for Charlie Wiedemeyer include newspaper obituaries (OB), government Veteran records (VA,CM,CW), Stars & Stripes (S&S), Sporting Life (SL), The Sporting News (TSN), The Sports Encyclopedia:Baseball 2006 by David Neft & Richard Cohen (N&C), old Who's Who in Baseballs (none) (WW), old Baseball Registers (none) (BR) , old Daguerreotypes by TSN (none) (DAG), Stars&Stripes (S&S), The Baseball Necrology by Bill Lee (BN), Pat Doyle's Professional Ballplayer DataBase (PD), The Baseball Library (BL), Baseball in World War II Europe by Gary Bedingfield (GB) ; and independent research by Walter Kephart (WK) and Frank Russo (FR) and others.

Related Sites

• Charlie Wiedemeyer at the Baseball Almanac
• Bio at Baseball Page
• and a full Bibliography from SABR's The Baseball Index (TBI)