Nicknamed Red, due to his red hair, Emree joined the Cleveland Indians in 1939, and spent three seasons in their minor league system before joining the major league club in September 1941. After going 3–4 with a 3.86 earned run average for the Indians in 1942, he retired from baseball in order to become a farmer.[2]
He returned to baseball in 1944 with some bravado, claiming during Spring training that he would win fifteen games for the Indians that season.[3] That did not happen, however, he did lead the International League with nineteen wins. He had a stellar minor league career with the Indians, going 74–44 with a 3.07 ERA in their farm system, but it never translated to major league success, mostly due to some hard luck. In 1946, Embree held batters to a .227 batting average, yet he had a losing record (8–12). Despite a respectable 3.29 ERA over parts of six seasons with the Indians, his record was 23–32.
Embree was once again a starter when he arrived in St. Louis, however, once again lost his starting job when a July 7 loss to the Detroit Tigers in which he lasted just two-thirds of an inning dropped his record to 3–10 with a 5.03 ERA.[4] He made three spot starts after that, going 0–2 with a 12.96 ERA. For the season, he went 3–13 with a 5.37 ERA and a save.
His contract was repurchased by the Indians prior to the start of the 1950 season.[5] He went 31–28 with a 3.96 ERA in two plus seasons with the Pacific Coast League's San Diego Padres before moving to the Chicago White Sox organization during the 1952 season.
embree, charles, willard, embree, august, 1917, september, 1996, american, major, league, baseball, pitcher, pitch, curveball, pitcherborn, 1917, august, 1917el, monte, california, died, september, 1996, 1996, aged, eugene, oregon, batted, rightthrew, rightmlb. Charles Willard Embree August 30 1917 September 24 1996 was an American Major League Baseball pitcher His key pitch was the curveball 1 Red EmbreePitcherBorn 1917 08 30 August 30 1917El Monte California U S Died September 24 1996 1996 09 24 aged 79 Eugene Oregon U S Batted RightThrew RightMLB debutSeptember 10 1941 for the Cleveland IndiansLast MLB appearanceOctober 2 1949 for the St Louis BrownsMLB statisticsWin loss record31 48Earned run average3 72Strikeouts286TeamsCleveland Indians 1941 1942 1944 1947 New York Yankees 1948 St Louis Browns 1949 Nicknamed Red due to his red hair Emree joined the Cleveland Indians in 1939 and spent three seasons in their minor league system before joining the major league club in September 1941 After going 3 4 with a 3 86 earned run average for the Indians in 1942 he retired from baseball in order to become a farmer 2 He returned to baseball in 1944 with some bravado claiming during Spring training that he would win fifteen games for the Indians that season 3 That did not happen however he did lead the International League with nineteen wins He had a stellar minor league career with the Indians going 74 44 with a 3 07 ERA in their farm system but it never translated to major league success mostly due to some hard luck In 1946 Embree held batters to a 227 batting average yet he had a losing record 8 12 Despite a respectable 3 29 ERA over parts of six seasons with the Indians his record was 23 32 Following the 1947 season he was dealt to the New York Yankees for outfielder Allie Clark He started his one season in New York City in the starting rotation and was reasonably successful in that role 5 2 with a 3 29 ERA before moving into the bullpen At the end of the season he Sherm Lollar and Dick Starr plus 100 000 were sent to the St Louis Browns for Roy Partee and Fred Sanford Embree was once again a starter when he arrived in St Louis however once again lost his starting job when a July 7 loss to the Detroit Tigers in which he lasted just two thirds of an inning dropped his record to 3 10 with a 5 03 ERA 4 He made three spot starts after that going 0 2 with a 12 96 ERA For the season he went 3 13 with a 5 37 ERA and a save His contract was repurchased by the Indians prior to the start of the 1950 season 5 He went 31 28 with a 3 96 ERA in two plus seasons with the Pacific Coast League s San Diego Padres before moving to the Chicago White Sox organization during the 1952 season Career stats editW L PCT ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BAA BB K WP HBP Fld Avg31 48 392 3 72 141 90 29 1 1 707 653 292 334 50 246 330 286 14 10 961 166 Over seven minor league seasons Embree was 100 73 with a 3 49 ERA References edit James Bill and Neyer Rob The Neyer James Guide to Pitchers Simon amp Schuster 2004 p 196 Red Embree baseballbiography com Red Embree Says He Will Win 15 Edmonton Journal April 6 1944 Detroit Tigers 9 St Louis Browns 2 Baseball Reference com July 7 1949 Cleveland Buys Embree From Browns St Petersburg Times January 17 1950 External links editCareer statistics and player information from MLB or ESPN or Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or Baseball Reference Minors Red Embree at Find a Grave Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Red Embree amp oldid 1162759767, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
