George Eugene Korince is a former Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 pitcher. He played parts of two seasons in the majors, and , for the Detroit Tigers

Detroit Tigers

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. He made his major league debut at age 20, pitching a shutout inning against the Kansas City Athletics

Oakland Athletics

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. His minor league career lasted until , and in his last two seasons in the minors he had as many walks allowed

Base on balls

A base on balls is credited to a batter and against a pitcher in baseball statistics when a batter receives four pitches that the umpire calls balls. It is better known as a walk. The base on balls is defined in Section 2.00 of baseball's Official Rules, and further detail is given in 6.08...

 as innings pitched

Innings pitched

In baseball, innings pitched are the number of innings a pitcher has completed, measured by the number of batters and baserunners that are put out while the pitcher on the pitching mound in a game. Three outs made is equal to one inning pitched. One out counts as one-third of an inning, and two...

, which likely contributed to his professional career ending at age 24.

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