Joe Engel
Baseball player
This is an article about the baseball player Joe Engel. For the astronaut, see Joe Engle.Joseph William "Joe" Engel (March 12, 1893 - June 12, 1969) was an American right-handed pitcher and scout in Major League Baseball who spent nearly his entire career with the Washington Senators, and went on to become a promoter and team owner in the minor leagues. He was born in Washington, D.C. as one of six children of a German immigrant who owned a bar/hotel next door to the Washington Post building in the District of Columbia. Engel was married twice and lost his only child, son Bryant in a traffic accident in Nov. 1930 at age 9. Engel himself died in Chattanooga in 1969 at age 76.
Personal facts
| Birth date | March 12, 1893 |
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| Date of death | June 12, 1969 |
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