George Zuverink is a former professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher

Pitcher

In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the...

 over parts of eight seasons (-, -) with the Cleveland Indians

Cleveland Indians

The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Since , they have played in Progressive Field. The team's spring training facility is in Goodyear, Arizona...

, Cincinnati Reds

Cincinnati Reds

The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the National League Central Division. The club was established in 1882 as a charter member of the American Association and joined the National League in 1890....

, Detroit Tigers

Detroit Tigers

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 and Baltimore Orioles

Baltimore Orioles

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. For his career, he compiled a 32-36 record in 265 appearances, mostly as a relief pitcher

Relief pitcher

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, with a 3.54 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 223 strikeout

Strikeout

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In , Zuverink and Frank Zupo

Frank Zupo

Frank Joseph "Noodles" Zupo was a professional baseball player who played catcher for the Baltimore Orioles in 1957-1958 and 1961...

 twice formed the only "Z

Z

Z is the twenty-sixth and final letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.-Name and pronunciation:In most dialects of English, the letter's name is zed , reflecting its derivation from the Greek zeta but in American English, its name is zee , deriving from a late 17th century English dialectal...

" battery

Battery (baseball)

In baseball, the term battery refers collectively to the pitcher and the catcher, who may also be called batterymen or batterymates of one another.- History :...

 in Major League

Major League Baseball

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 history, the first time coming on July 1, 1957 when Zupo made his big-league debut with a 10th-inning

Innings

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 catching appearance against the New York Yankees

New York Yankees

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