Floyd Giebell
Pitcher, Baseball Player
1909 – 2004
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Who was Floyd Giebell?
Floyd George Giebell was an American Major League Baseball player who is best remembered as the pitcher who shut out Bob Feller and the Cleveland Indians in his third career start to clinch the 1940 American League pennant for the Detroit Tigers over the Indians.
Born in Pennsboro, West Virginia, Giebell attended Salem International University and played for the Tigers briefly in 1939 but only pitched 15⅓ innings in relief before being sent to the Toledo Mud Hens, where he pitched most of the 1939 season.
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- Born
- Dec 10, 1909
United States of America - Profession
- Education
- Salem International University
- Died
- Apr 28, 2004
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on July 23, 2013
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