He started his career as a 5-foot-6, 165-pound outfielder. He eventually became a left-handed pitcher after his team suffered a series of injuries. He was known as a strikeout pitcher with a good fastball and an assortment of off-speed pitches. He was nicknamed the "Minute Man" as it took him about one minute to strike out batters and as the "Aspirin Tablet Man" for throwing pitches that resembled aspirin tablets. During perhaps his best season, the winter ball season of 1949-1950, he posted a league-leading 1.68 ERA in the Puerto Rican League.[2]
^"Former Negro Leaguers star Kaiser dies at 94". Retrieved 2011-02-15.
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December 07, 2023
cecil, kaiser, june, 1916, february, 2011, negro, league, baseball, pitcher, outfielder, first, baseman, pitcher, outfielder, first, basemanborn, 1916, june, 1916new, york, city, york, died, february, 2011, 2011, aged, southfield, michigan, threw, leftteamsdet. Cecil Kaiser June 27 1916 1 February 14 2011 was a Negro league baseball pitcher outfielder and first baseman Cecil KaiserPitcher Outfielder First basemanBorn 1916 06 27 June 27 1916New York City New York U S Died February 14 2011 2011 02 14 aged 94 Southfield Michigan U S Threw LeftTeamsDetroit Stars Motor City Stars Homestead Grays 1947 Pittsburgh CrawfordsIn the course of his career Kaiser played for the Detroit Stars the Motor City Giants the Homestead Grays and Pittsburgh Crawfords and on various Latin American and Canadian teams With the Homestead Grays he played with great players such as hall of famers Josh Gibson and Cool Papa Bell He started his career as a 5 foot 6 165 pound outfielder He eventually became a left handed pitcher after his team suffered a series of injuries He was known as a strikeout pitcher with a good fastball and an assortment of off speed pitches He was nicknamed the Minute Man as it took him about one minute to strike out batters and as the Aspirin Tablet Man for throwing pitches that resembled aspirin tablets During perhaps his best season the winter ball season of 1949 1950 he posted a league leading 1 68 ERA in the Puerto Rican League 2 Kaiser died after a fall at his home in Southfield Michigan 3 References edit Cecil Kaiser Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Archived from the original on 2012 03 12 Retrieved 2011 02 15 Obituary Cecil Kaiser Retrieved 2011 02 15 Former Negro Leaguers star Kaiser dies at 94 Retrieved 2011 02 15 External links editCareer statistics and player information from Baseball Reference or Baseball Reference Minors and Seamheads Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cecil Kaiser amp oldid 1162283241, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
