| Bill Tremel | |
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| Pitcher | |
| Born: July 4, 1929 Lilly, Pennsylvania |
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| Batted: Right | Threw: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| June 12, 1954 for the Chicago Cubs | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| April 27, 1956 for the Chicago Cubs | |
| Career statistics | |
| Win-Loss record | 4–2 |
| Earned run average | 4.05 |
| Innings pitched | 91 |
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William Leonard Tremel (born July 4, 1929, at Lilly, Pennsylvania) is a retired American professional baseball player, a right-handed relief pitcher who appeared in parts of three Major League Baseball seasons for the 1954–1956 Chicago Cubs. Nicknamed "Mumbles," Tremel batted right-handed, stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed 180 pounds (82 kg).
His contract was purchased by the Cubs from the unaffiliated Shreveport Sports of the Class AA Texas League during the 1954 season after Tremel posted 2½ good seasons there, winning 21 of 28 decisions, largely in relief. Appearing in 33 games for the Cubs during 1954, Tremel finished 22 of them and was credited with one victory and four saves. Tremel started the 1955 season in the minor leagues but was recalled to the Cubs in July, and posted an MLB-career-best 3–0 record and 3.72 earned run average, with two more saves, in 23 games. He made the Cub roster at the start of the 1956 campaign, but in his only appearance, April 27 against the Cincinnati Redlegs at Crosley Field, he gave up three hits and an earned run in one-third of an inning.[1] He spent the rest of that season in the Texas League, and the rest of his professional career in the minors. He was a mainstay in the Texas circuit and with Shreveport, spending all or portions of seven of his 11 pro years with the Sports.[2]
All told, Tremel worked in 57 Major League games; in 91 innings, he gave up 81 hits and 46 bases on balls, while recording 34 strikeouts.