Bruno Haas

Who was Bruno Haas?

Bruno Philip Haas was a Major League Baseball pitcher, minor league baseball executive, and many other things during a baseball career that lasted 37 years.

At Worcester Academy, he met Roy McGillicuddy, the son of Connie Mack, and a month after his graduation, he joined the Philadelphia Athletics. He is most remembered for setting an American League record for most batters walked in one game with 15. He did this in his major league debut on June 23, 1915 for the Philadelphia Athletics. Following his inauspicious debut, Haas pitched in just five more major league games, all in 1915. He played in six other games, three as an outfielder and three as a pinch-hitter.

A year later he played for the Cleveland Indians of the National Football League and is one only a few athletes to have played in both Major League Baseball and N.F.L. Haas also played tailback in the National Football League with the Akron Pros, Cleveland Tigers and Dayton Triangles.

After his major league baseball career, Haas continued to play in the minor leagues until 1938, including a twelve-year stint with the St. Paul Saints from 1920 until 1931, during which he mostly played in the outfield.