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Boots Poffenberger

Boots Poffenberger, American baseball pitcher (died 1999)

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Born
July 1, 1915
Died
September 1, 1999
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1915

About Boots Poffenberger

Cletus Elwood "Boots" Poffenberger was an American Major League Baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers (1937–1939) and Brooklyn Dodgers (1939). When he returned, he was not able to match the success of his rookie season, finishing the season with a 6–7 record. In three seasons in the major leagues, Poffenberger won 16 games and lost 12 with an earned run average of 4.75. His won-loss percentage of.667 in 1937 was seventh best in the American League. He became known as the ‘Duke of Duckout'." Stories about Poffenberger's late night drinking and poor training practices caused him to fall out of favor with the team.

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The world when Boots Poffenberger was born

Boots Poffenberger was born in 1915. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1915

  • Top movieThe Birth of a Nation
  • Best-selling book"The Turmoil" – Booth Tarkington

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentJess Willard defeats Jack Johnson for heavyweight title in Havana
  • Top headlineLusitania sunk by German submarine — 1,198 die
  • Technology milestoneFirst transcontinental telephone call (Bell to Watson)
  • World population~1.75B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population98.4M

1915 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Boots Poffenberger's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19152026
Gas$0.25$3.45/gal
Movie ticket$0.10$11.95
Population98.4M341 million

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