Kid Mohler
A drawing of Mohler from 1909 by Harry Murphy.
Second baseman
Born: (1870-12-13)December 13, 1870
Oneida, Illinois, U.S.
Died: November 4, 1961(1961-11-04) (aged 90)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Left
MLB debut
September 29, 1894, for the Washington Senators
Last MLB appearance
September 30, 1894, for the Washington Senators
MLB statistics
Batting average.111
Home runs0
Runs batted in0
Teams

Ernest Follette "Kid" Mohler (December 13, 1870 – November 4, 1961) was an American baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for three games with the Washington Senators of the National League in 1894. His minor league career stretched from 1890 through 1914, mostly in the Pacific Coast League (PCL), where he played 1,600 games and notched over 1,400 hits. Mohler served as the head baseball coach at the United States Naval Academy from 1929 to 1932, compiling a record of 36–25–1.[1][2][3] He was elected to the Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame as part of the 2012 class.

Mohler's son, Orville Mohler, starred in college football and college baseball at the University of Southern California (USC) and briefly played professional baseball in PCL. The younger Mohler was killed in a military plane crash in 1949.[4]

Mohler died on November 4, 1961, in Los Angeles. He was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Coaches Listed For Navy Nine". The Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. February 19, 1929. p. 16. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ↑ "Navy To Replace Kid Mohler". The Seattle Star. Seattle, Washington. November 11, 1932. p. 17. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ↑ "Navy Baseball Media Guide 2023" (PDF). Navy Athletics. p. 44. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Orv Mohler, Killed In Plane Crash, Recalled As All-American Grid Star, Son of Ex-Seal". San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, California. November 28, 1949. p. 26. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ↑ "Ernest F. Mohler". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. November 8, 1968. p. 6, part IV. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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