Duane Fredrick Maas is a former professional baseball player. He was a pitcher

Pitcher

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 over parts of 7 seasons (1955-1961) with the Detroit Tigers

Detroit Tigers

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, Kansas City Athletics

Oakland Athletics

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 and New York Yankees

New York Yankees

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 He was chosen by the Los Angeles Angels in the American League expansion draft prior to the 1961 season, but never played for them in a regular season game before being traded back to the Yankees with whom he concluded his career. Maas was a member of the 1958 World Series

1958 World Series

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 champion Yankees. For his career he compiled an 45-44 record with a 4.19 earned run average

Earned run average

In baseball statistics, earned run average is the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched. It is determined by dividing the number of earned runs allowed by the number of innings pitched and multiplying by nine...

 and 356 strikeouts in 195 appearances.

Maas was born in Utica, Michigan

Utica, Michigan

Utica is a city in Macomb County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,577 at the 2000 census. The 2008 Census Bureau Estimate places the population at 4,924.- History :...

 and later died in Mt. Clemens, Michigan at the age of 47 from complications due to arthritis.

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