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American baseball player
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Birth:
10 April 1911
Death:
23 March 1994
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Biography
Roger Francis Wolff (April 10, 1911 – March 23, 1994) was a professional baseball player. A right-handed knuckleball pitcher, he played for seven seasons in Major League Baseball from 1941-47: three seasons with the Philadelphia Athletics, three seasons with the Washington Senators, and one season split between the Cleveland Indians and the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Wolff's career win-loss record was 52-69 with an earned run average of 3.41. The best season of his career was the 1945 season, when he went 20-10 with a 2.12 ERA (striking out 108 and walking 53) for the Washington Senators. He also had an extensive minor league baseball career, starting in 1930 and ending with his Pirates stint in 1947.