Ernie Koob

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Ernie Koob
Pitcher
Born: (1892-09-11)September 11, 1892 Keeler, Michigan, U.S.
Died: November 12, 1941(1941-11-12) (aged 49) Lemay, Missouri, U.S.
Batted: Left Threw: Left
MLB debut
June 23, 1915, for the St. Louis Browns
Last MLB appearance
August 30, 1919, for the St. Louis Browns
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	23–31
Earned run average	3.13
Strikeouts	121
Teams
St. Louis Browns (1915–1917, 1919)
Career highlights and awards
Pitched a no-hitter on May 5, 1917

Ernest Gerald Koob (September 11, 1892 – November 12, 1941) was an American professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1915 to 1919 for the St. Louis Browns. On May 5, 1917, Koob no-hit the eventual World Champion Chicago White Sox 1–0, besting Eddie Cicotte—himself a no-hit pitcher against the Browns less than a month earlier, on April 14. The very next day, his teammate Bob Groom also no-hit the White Sox, 3–0 in the second game of a doubleheader; to date, Koob and Groom are the only teammates to pitch no-hitters on consecutive days.

Koob attended college at Western State Normal School.

An obituary published in the November 1941 issue of "The Sporting News" contained statements which complement and to some extent contradict the above information. It states that Mr. Koob was born in St. Louis in 1894; that he died in the Mount St. Rose Sanatorium (St. Louis) on 12 November 1941, of a lung ailment; that he played baseball under the name "Smith" while attending Kalamazoo State College; that he served in the US Army during The Great War; and that he played with the Browns until 1920.^[1]