Ted Wieand

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Wieand

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 2", Weight 195 lb.
• High School Slatington High School
• Debut September 27, 1958
• Final Game April 24, 1960
• Born April 4, 1933 in Walnutport, PA USA
• Died July 7, 2021 in Allentown, PA USA

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Biographical Information

Ted Wieand was christened "Franklin Delano Roosevelt Wieand", when he was born in Walnutport, PA, just a month after Franklin Delano Roosevelt was sworn in as President of the United States for the first time. For whatever reason, the future pitcher came to be called by the name of the earlier President, Theodore Roosevelt.

"Ted" was signed as an amateur free agent by the St. Louis Cardinals before the 1952 season and farmed out to the class B Allentown Cardinals of the Interstate League, where he went 10-11 with a 3.61 ERA his first season in the pros. Wieand had two good years after that, going 12-5 with Winston-Salem Cardinals in 1953 with a 2.31 ERA, and 16-9 with a 3.23 ERA while pitching 223 innings for the Houston Buffaloes of the Texas League in 1956.

The right-hander was traded by the Cardinals to the Cincinnati Redlegs on December 5, 1957. After two decent years with the Houston Buffaloes and the Seattle Rainiers, he got a brief look by the Redlegs on September 27, 1958, making it into one game out of the bullpen, with no decision.

After winning 16 games for the 1959 Havana Sugar Kings, plus three more in the postseason playoffs, he was given another shot by Cincinnati, in 1960, when he made five appearances and lost his only decision. This was it for Wieand in the major leagues.

Ted dropped back into the minors and spend 1961 with the AAA Richmond Virginians of the International League. He finished out his minor league career with the Amarillo Gold Sox in 1962.

His eleven-season minor league run would show him with a 109-108 record and a 3.56 ERA while pitching 1,816 innings.

After baseball Wieand was employed with Schuler Plumbing and Heating Service in Allentown, PA, until 1983, when he became a heating and plumbing foreman at Muhlenberg College, also in Allentown. Wieand retired in Slatington, PA in 1998.

Sources

Baseball Players of the 1950s

Related Sites

• Ted Wieand at the SABR Bio Project
• BR Minors page