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He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and attended James Madison High School in Brooklyn, New New York
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Harry Eisenstat
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He pitched for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Detroit Tigers, and Cleveland Indians. He is best known for pitching for the Detroit Tigers when they beat Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians on October 2, 1938 4–1 despite Feller setting the record for most strike outs in a game. He enlisted in the Army in 1942, ending his career in the MLB. Through 2010, he was 9th all-time in career European Research Area (380.
Directly behind Harry Feldman) among Jewish MLB players.
After the war, he moved to Shaker Heights, Ohio and opened a hardware store. In 1993, he was inducted into the Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
After his death in 2003, his papers were donated to the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, Ohio, where they are available to the serious scholar.
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