Ozzie Van Brabant
Encyclopedia
Camille Oscar Van Brabant (born September 28, 1926 in Kingsville, Ontario
, Canada
) is a former Major League Baseball
pitcher
who played for two seasons. He pitched for the Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics
for nine games during the 1954 Philadelphia Athletics season
and two games during the 1955 Kansas City Athletics season
.
Kingsville, Ontario
The Town of Kingsville is located in Essex County in southwestern Ontario, Canada, and is Canada's southernmost municipality with town status. According to the 2006 census, the population of Kingsville is 20,908.-Geography:...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
) is a former Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
pitcher
Pitcher
In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the...
who played for two seasons. He pitched for the Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics
Oakland Athletics
The Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Athletics have played in the O.co Coliseum....
for nine games during the 1954 Philadelphia Athletics season
1954 Philadelphia Athletics season
The Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 51 wins and 103 losses, 60 games behind AL Champion Cleveland in their 54th and final season in Philadelphia, before moving to Kansas City, Missouri for the following season.- Offseason :*...
and two games during the 1955 Kansas City Athletics season
1955 Kansas City Athletics season
The 1955 Kansas City Athletics season was a season in American baseball. The team won 63 games -- only the fifth time in 20 years that they won more than 60 games -- and lost 91, finishing sixth in the American League, 33 games behind the AL Champion New York Yankees.- Offseason :In 1954, the Mack...
.