Bob Shawkey

Bob Shawkey
Pitcher
Born: December 4, 1890(1890-12-04) Sigel, Pennsylvania
Died: December 31, 1980(1980-12-31) (aged 90) Syracuse, New York
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
July 16, 1913 for the Philadelphia Athletics
Last MLB appearance
September 29, 1927 for the New York Yankees
Career statistics
Win–loss record	196-150
Earned run average	3.09
Strikeouts	1360
Teams
As Player Philadelphia Athletics (1913-1915) New York Yankees (1915-1927) As Manager New York Yankees (1930)
Career highlights and awards
World Series champion: 1923, 1927 American League pennant: 1914, 1921, 1922, 1926 American League ERA champion: 1920 3 20-win seasons 1 sub-2.00 ERA season

James Robert Shawkey (December 4, 1890 – December 31, 1980) was a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher from 1913 to 1927.

Biography

Shawkey born to John William Shawkey and Sarah Catherine Anthony, in Sigel, Pennsylvania. He moved from Slippery Rock State College to an independent league in 1911, then to the American League in 1912 as a pitcher for Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics. In 1915, Mack sold him to the New York Yankees where he remained (except for a brief service with the U.S. Navy during World War I when he served on the battleship Arkansas for eight months) until 1931. Shawkey also served as the Yankees' manager after the death of Miller Huggins, for the 1930 season, guiding the Yankees to a third-place finish.

Shawkey won 207 games in his career, and won 20 or more games in five different seasons (his high was 26). Shawkey is noted as the starting pitcher in the first game played in Yankee Stadium on April 18, 1923, and set the franchise record for 15 strikeouts in a single game, which stood until Whitey Ford broke it in the early 1960s. Bob credited his success to a super fastball and an outstanding curve ball. He later served as the baseball coach for Dartmouth College.

In 1970, Shawkey was inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in Brookville, Pennsylvania. During the 1976 opening day festivities for the renovated Yankee Stadium, Shawkey threw out the ceremonial first pitch. He died at age 90 in Syracuse, New York on New Year's Eve 1980.

See also

• List of Major League Baseball leaders in career wins
• List of Major League Baseball ERA champions
• List of Major League Baseball saves champions

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
• The Deadball Era

Preceded by Walter Johnson

American League ERA Champion 1920

Succeeded by Red Faber