Jim Kremmel

Who was Jim Kremmel?

James Louis "Jim" Kremmel was an American left-handed pitcher who spent two seasons in Major League Baseball with the Texas Rangers and Chicago Cubs.

Born in Belleville, Illinois on February 28, 1949, Kremmel was raised in nearby Columbia. He graduated from Columbia High School.

He attended the University of New Mexico, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Finance and Economics in 1971. A four-year letterman on the Lobos baseball team, he threw the only documented nine-inning no-hitter in school history in a 1–0 win over Arizona in Tucson on April 17, 1970. He had matched the school record for most strikeouts in a single game with 18 against Eastern New Mexico University less than three weeks earlier on March 30, 1970. His 356 career strikeouts are still a school record. Named the All-Western Athletic Conference pitcher in 1969 and 1970, he ended his college career with a 22–14 record.

He was originally picked by the Cleveland Indians in the seventh round of the 1970 MLB Draft, but chose not to sign. Selected ninth overall by the Washington Senators in the secondary phase of the January Free Agent Amateur Draft in 1971, he signed with the ballclub four months later on May 24.