Ralph Mitterling
Biographical details | |
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Born | Freeburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. | April 19, 1890
Died | January 22, 1956 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | (aged 65)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1911–1914 | Ursinus |
1916 | Springfield |
Baseball | |
1916 | Philadelphia Athletics |
Position(s) | Halfback (football) Outfielder |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1919–1920 | Ursinus |
1923 | Susquehanna |
1924 | Schuylkill (assistant) |
1926–1935 | East Stroudsburg |
Basketball | |
1919–1921 | Ursinus |
Baseball | |
1920–1921 | Ursinus |
1927–1936 | East Stroudsburg |
1939–1954 | Pittsburgh |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1919–1921 | Ursinus |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 47–52–7 (football) 17–28 (basketball) 173–155–2 (baseball) |
Ralph Mitterling | |
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Outfielder | |
Born: Freeburg, Pennsylvania | April 19, 1890|
Died: January 22, 1956 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | (aged 65)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
July 7, 1916, for the Philadelphia Athletics | |
Last MLB appearance | |
July 21, 1916, for the Philadelphia Athletics | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .154 |
Home runs | 0 |
Runs batted in | 2 |
Stats at Baseball Reference | |
Teams | |
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Ralph "Sarge" Mitterling (April 19, 1890 – January 22, 1956) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He played Major League Baseball as an outfielder for the Philadelphia Athletics during the 1916 season. He served in the US Army during World War I. Mitterling was the head football coach at Ursinus College from 1919 to 1920, at Susquehanna University in 1923, and at East Stroudsburg State Teachers College—now East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania—from 1926 to 1935, compiling a career college football record of 47–52–7. He was also the head basketball coach at Ursinus from 1919 to 1921, tallying a mark of 17–28, and the head baseball coach at the University of Pittsburgh from 1939 to 1954, amassing a record of 89–106–1. Mitterling died on January 22, 1956, at Veteran's Hospital in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[1]
Head coaching record
[edit]Football
[edit]Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Ursinus Bears (Independent) (1919–1920) | |||||||||
1919 | Ursinus | 2–7 | |||||||
1920 | Ursinus | 3–6 | |||||||
Ursinus: | 5–13 | ||||||||
Susquehanna Crusaders (Independent) (1923) | |||||||||
1923 | Susquehanna | 3–6 | |||||||
Susquehanna: | 3–6 | ||||||||
East Stroudsburg Warriors (Independent) (1926–1933) | |||||||||
1926 | East Stroudsburg | 6–1–1 | |||||||
1927 | East Stroudsburg | 6–1–1 | |||||||
1928 | East Stroudsburg | 4–5 | |||||||
1929 | East Stroudsburg | 3–4–1 | |||||||
1930 | East Stroudsburg | 4–4 | |||||||
1931 | East Stroudsburg | 3–2–2 | |||||||
1932 | East Stroudsburg | 2–5–1 | |||||||
1933 | East Stroudsburg | 4–4 | |||||||
East Stroudsburg Warriors (Pennsylvania State Teachers Conference) (1934–1935) | |||||||||
1934 | East Stroudsburg | 4–2–1 | 2–1 | 4th | |||||
1935 | East Stroudsburg | 3–5 | 1–2 | 9th | |||||
East Stroudsburg: | 39–33–7 | 3–3 | |||||||
Total: | 47–52–7 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Mitterling, Pitt Baseball Coach, Dies". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. January 23, 1956. p. 22. Retrieved June 5, 2011 – via Google News.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Ralph Mitterling at Find a Grave
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