Died: January 3, 1995(1995-01-03) (aged 82) New Athens, Illinois, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Left
MLB debut
April 22, 1943, for the Washington Senators
Last MLB appearance
September 28, 1950, for the Boston Braves
MLB statistics
Win–loss record
78–91
Earned run average
3.50
Strikeouts
508
Teams
Washington Senators (1943–1949)
Chicago White Sox (1949–1950)
Boston Braves (1950)
Milton Arnold "Mickey" Haefner (October 9, 1912 – January 3, 1995) was an American knuckleball-throwing left-handed pitcher who played eight seasons in Major League Baseball between 1943 and 1950, six and a half of them with the Washington Senators (1943–1949), later joining the Chicago White Sox (1949–1950) and Boston Braves (1950). He was known as one of four knuckleball hurlers who were regular starting pitchers for the 1945 Senators, the last Washington team to seriously contend for the American League pennant. He was born in Lenzburg, Illinois, and was listed as 5 feet 8 inches (1.73 m) tall and 160 pounds (73 kg), leading to his baseball moniker, Itsy-Bitsy.[1]
^"Red Sox lead to reflection of Senators' starting four knuckleballers". Canfield, Owen (28 June 2016), Torrington, Connecticut Register Citizen
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hit on the elbow by a curveball by the Washington Senators' pitcher MickeyHaefner. Williams was immediately taken out of the game, and X-rays of his arm...
and 1945 fielded a starting rotation featuring four knuckleballers (MickeyHaefner, Dutch Leonard and Roger Wolff were the others). Niggeling's career...
Washington's four-knuckleball-pitcher starting rotation (along with MickeyHaefner, Dutch Leonard and Johnny Niggeling), Wolff helped lead the Senators...
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knuckleball pitchers. Dutch Leonard, Johnny Niggeling, Roger Wolff, and MickeyHaefner all threw the notoriously difficult-to-catch knuckleball, making Ferrell...
players who were to be Washington Senators, such as starting pitcher MickeyHaefner. As a result, the Senators made DeLand part of its minor-league organization...
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Cascades Park, which is on the National Register of Historic Places. MickeyHaefner (1939) Phil Seghi (1947) Frank Thomas (1948-1949) 3 x MLB All-Star "Centennial...
knuckleball artists—Roger Wolff, Dutch Leonard, Johnny Niggeling and MickeyHaefner—who combined for 60 victories. Wolff and Leonard posted sterling 2.12...
24 Vern Bickford 17 Bob Chipman 16 Dave Cole 20,36 Dick Donovan 22 MickeyHaefner 25 Bob Hall 37 Bobby Hogue 19,50 Ernie Johnson 39 Dick Manville 26 Normie...
Bob Cain 35 Bill Connelly 28 Charlie Cuellar 18 Randy Gumpert 12,18 MickeyHaefner 34,58 Ken Holcombe 48 Howie Judson 35 Gus Keriazakos 28 Lou Kretlow...
Stewart October 1 – Bob Griffith October 7 – Bill Patton October 9 – MickeyHaefner October 11 – Mike Guerra October 11 – Wayne Osborne October 12 – Ed...
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Evans 28 Al Gettel 36 Ernest Groth 45 Orval Grove 18 Randy Gumpert 12 MickeyHaefner 48 Howie Judson 35,39,49 Ed Klieman 46 Bob Kuzava 19 Billy Pierce 14...
knuckleball pitchers. Dutch Leonard, Johnny Niggeling, Roger Wolff and MickeyHaefner all threw the notoriously difficult to catch knuckleball. Further recognition...
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