BIO:  CHARLES RENO PITTENGER, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, page 849
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    CHARLES RENO PITTENGER, star pitcher of the Boston National League Team,
  was born Jan. 12, 1872, in Greencastle, Franklin Co., Pa., son of John S. and
  Johanna (Gordon) Pittenger. His ancestors on the paternal side came from the
  North of Ireland, and the Gordons from one of the British Isles.

    Mr. Pittenger received his education in the public schools of his native
  place, and from early boyhood has been devoted to the national game,
  beginning to play baseball like the other boys, on the vacant lots in his
  home town. His first professional engagement was in 1895 with the Carlisle
  Team, of the Cumberland Valley League, with which he played one season. The
  next season he signed with the Roanoke (Va.) Team, but soon after the season
  opened he was taken sick, and came home to Greencastle, Pa., to recuperate.
  He finished out the season with the Chambersburg (Pa.) Team, of the
  Cumberland Valley League, and the next season was with the Greensburg (Pa.)
  Independent Team, the following year signing with Brockton, Mass., of the New
  England League. At the close of this season he was sold to the Boston Team, of
  the National League, and "farmed" to Brockton for one year, and the following
  year was "farmed" to the Springfield Team, of the Eastern League. The next
  year he was "farmed" to the Worcesters, of the Eastern League, but at the end
  of two months was recalled to Boston, with which team he has since played.
  Needless to say, he is regarded as one of the leading pitchers of the
  country. Mr. Pittenger's first game for Boston was against Brooklyn, an
  eleven inning contest, and although Brooklyn won, they got but three hits off
  of his delivery. The best game he ever played was against Pittsburg, in 1902,
  shutting them out without a hit. His record has been an unusual one.

    On July 11, 1892, in Hagerstown, Md., Mr. Pittenger married Miss Viola
  Letta Biershing, of Hagerstown, daughter of Zachariah and Hannah (Coombs)
  Biershing, and two children have come to this union, Lela May (deceased), and
  Pearl Elizabeth. Mrs. Pittenger is a member of the United Brethren Church. In
  political sentiment Mr. Pittenger is a Republican.