Byron Houck

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Byron Houck (born August 28, 1891 in Prosper, Minnesota; died June 17, 1969 in Santa Cruz, California) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball during the 1910s.

[edit] Teams

• Philadelphia Athletics 1912 - 1914 (start)
• Brooklyn Tip-Tops 1914 (end)
• St. Louis Browns 1918

[edit] Films

Houck later pitched for the Vernon Tigers of the Pacific Coast League. Fatty Arbuckle owned the team and he worked with Buster Keaton. This connection led to Houck doing camera work on such Keaton silent films as Sherlock Jr., Seven Chances and The General.

[edit] Sources

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
• IMDb