George Pfister
Major League Baseball executive
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| Intro | Major League Baseball executive | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Athlete Baseball player | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 4 September 1918 | |
| Death | 14 August 1997 (aged 78 years) |
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George Edward Pfister (September 4, 1918 in Bound Brook, New Jersey – August 14, 1997) was a catcher in Major League Baseball. He played in one game for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the 1941 season and was zero for two.
Pfister was a coach for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1952, the New York Yankees farm director from 1965–1974 and spent 23 years working in baseball operations for Major League Baseball. In 1991 he was presented with the King of Baseball award given by Minor League Baseball.
Born in Bound Brook, New Jersey, Pfister died of a heart attack at the age of 78 at Somerset Hospital on August 14, 1997.