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George Irvin Bamberger (August 1, 1923 – April 4, 2004) was an American professional baseball player, pitching coach and manager. In Major League Baseball, the right-handed pitcher appeared in ten games, nine in relief, for the 1951–52 New York Giants and the 1959 Baltimore Orioles. He later spent ten seasons (1968–77) as the Orioles' pitching coach and managed the Milwaukee Brewers (1978–80; 1985–86) and New York Mets (1982–83). ==Playing career== Bamberger was born and raised in Staten Island, New York. He served in the United States Army during World War II in the Mediterranean and European theaters of operations〔(Baseball in Wartime.com )〕 and signed with the Giants in 1946. Bamberger reached double digits in wins during four of his first five minor league seasons; he would record ten or more victories in 15 of his 18 years as a minor league pitcher, and win 213 total games during that span (1946–63). Bamberger made the MLB Giants' 28-man roster at the outset of the season. In his big-league debut on April 19, 1951, during a Patriots' Day doubleheader against the Boston Braves at Braves Field, he gave up three hits (including a home run to Sam Jethroe) and two earned runs in two innings pitched.〔(Retrosheet box score )〕 Nine days later, he struggled again, as he surrendered a base on balls and then a two-run homer to Jackie Robinson, while recording no outs, against the Brooklyn Dodgers.〔(Retrosheet box score )〕 Bamberger spent the rest of that season with the Triple-A Ottawa Giants of the International League. In , Bamberger again was a member of the big-league Giants during the season's early weeks. He appeared in five more games, all as a relief pitcher, but was largely ineffective, allowing six hits, three walks and four earned runs in four full innings of work. After June 1, he was sent to the Oakland Oaks of the top-level Pacific Coast League, where he spent the bulk of the rest of his playing career. The Oaks transferred to Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1956, and Bamberger remained with the renamed Vancouver Mounties for another seven years until the franchise moved again, to Dallas, Texas, in 1963. In the midst of that tenure, however, in , the 35-year-old Bamberger received his third and final Major League trial with the Mounties' parent club, the Baltimore Orioles. In his American League debut April 16, Bamberger was the starting pitcher against the defending world champion New York Yankees at Memorial Stadium. He held the Yankees scoreless for five full innings, as Baltimore built a 2–0 lead. But in the sixth, he surrendered a two-run double to Norm Siebern, tying the game, and then, after the Orioles had gone ahead, 3–2, in their half of the sixth, gave up the lead in the seventh frame. He left after 6⅓ innings, allowing four earned runs on four hits, with Baltimore trailing by a run. (The Orioles eventually prevailed, 7–4, with Billy O'Dell getting the win in relief.)〔(Retrosheet box score )〕 After two relief appearances with the Orioles, Bamberger returned to the Pacific Coast League for the rest of his pitching career. He never recorded a decision in the Majors, and compiled a 9.42 ERA with 25 hits and ten bases on balls allowed, and only three strikeouts, over 14⅓ innings. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Bamberger」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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