Walter Mueller Baseball player

Walter John Mueller (born December 6, 1894 – August 16, 1971) was a professional baseball player who played outfield in the Major Leagues, for the Pittsburgh Pirates, from 1922 to 1926. He is best known for becoming the first player to hit a home run off the first pitch ever thrown to him in the major leagues.Walter was also the father to Don Mueller, who also played in the major leagues, during in the 1940s and 1950s, as well as the brother of fellow major leaguer, Heinie Mueller.

Personal facts

Walter Mueller
Birth dateDecember 06, 1894
Birth place
Central MO
Date of deathAugust 16, 1971
Place of death
St. Louis

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Baseball player

Career startMay 07, 1922
Career endSeptember 25, 1926
batting sideRight
former teams
Pittsburgh Pirates
position
Outfielder
teams
Pittsburgh Pirates
throwing sideRight

Walter Mueller on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/muellwa01.shtml