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Roger Peckinpaugh
Peckinpaugh with the Yankees
Shortstop
Born: (1891-02-05)February 5, 1891
Wooster, Ohio
Died: November 17, 1977(1977-11-17) (aged 86)
Cleveland, Ohio
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
debut
September 15, 1910, for the Cleveland Indians
Last appearance
September 25, 1927, for the Chicago White Sox
Career statistics
Batting average.259
Home runs48
Runs batted in740
Stolen bases205
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Teams

As Player

As Manager

Career highlights and awards

Roger Thorpe Peckinpaugh (February 5, 1891 – November 17, 1977) was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians (1910–1913), New York Yankees (1913–1921), Washington Senators (1922–1926) and Chicago White Sox (1927). He managed the Yankees for 20 games in 1914 and was the team captain for the remainder of his time with the club. Peckinpaugh also managed the Indians from 1928 through 1933 and in 1941, and served in the front office of the Indians and minor league Buffalo Bisons from 1942 through 1947.

Peckinpaugh was considered an excellent defensive shortstop.[1] He was named American League Most Valuable Player in 1925. He played in the World Series three times: winning the 1924 World Series with the Senators, losing the 1921 World Series with the Yankees, and losing the 1925 World Series with the Senators.

Early life and amateur career

Peckinpaugh was born in Wooster, Ohio. His father played semi-professional baseball.[2] He attended East Technical High School in Cleveland, Ohio, where he played American football, basketball, and baseball. There, Nap Lajoie of the Cleveland Naps saw Peckinpaugh. He signed Peckinpaugh to a contract with a $125 ($4,088 in current dollar terms) per month salary in 1910.[2]

Professional career

The Naps started Peckinpaugh's professional career by assigning him to the New Haven Prairie Hens of the Class-B Connecticut League. He was promoted to the Naps to make his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut in September 1910, playing in 15 games for the Naps at age 19. The Naps assigned Peckinpaugh to the Portland Beavers of the Class-A Pacific Coast League for the entire 1911 season.[2][3] He appeared in 70 games for the Naps in 1912. On May 25, 1913, after giving the starting shortstop position to Ray Chapman, the Naps traded Peckinpaugh to the New York Yankees for Jack Lelivelt and Bill Stumpf.[2]

Peckinpaugh (left) with Larry Doyle (right) of the New York Giants

With the Yankees, Peckinpaugh emerged as a team leader. He was named captain in 1914 by manager Frank Chance. Chance resigned with three weeks remaining in the season, and Peckinpaugh served as player-manager for the remainder of the season,[4] making him the youngest manager in MLB history.[2] Bill Donovan was hired as the Yankees manager in the offseason. In the 1914-15 offseason, Peckinpaugh considered leaving the Yankees to join the Federal League, as he was being recruited by Joe Tinker of the Chicago Federals,[5] but he chose to stay with the Yankees, and received a three-year contract worth $6,000 ($180,711 in current dollar terms) per season from 1915 through 1917.[2] By the 1921 season, Peckinpaugh was one of three players remaining with the Yankees from the time Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston purchased the team in 1915.[6] The Yankees reached the World Series in 1921, losing to the New York Giants.

Peckinpaugh was traded twice during the 1921-22 offseason. On December 20, 1921, the Yankees traded Peckinpaugh with Rip Collins, Bill Piercy, Jack Quinn and $100,000 ($1,708,209 in current dollar terms) to the Boston Red Sox for Bullet Joe Bush, Sad Sam Jones and Everett Scott.[1][2] On January 10, 1922, Pecknipaugh was involved in a three team trade involving the Red Sox, Washington Senators and Philadelphia Athletics, where Peckinpaugh joined the Senators, Joe Dugan and Frank O'Rourke went to the Red Sox, and the Athletics acquired Bing Miller, José Acosta, and $50,000 ($910,139 in current dollar terms).[2][7][8] Though team owner Clark Griffith had indicated that Peckinpaugh would serve as his player-manager at the time of the trade, he later decided to name Clyde Milan player-manager before the 1922 season.[9] This distracted Peckinpaugh during the 1922 season, and along with injuries, limited his performance. However, he rebounded during the 1923 season with timely hitting and solid fielding.[10]

Peckinpaugh tagged out at home in the mid-1920s

Peckinpaugh was a key contributor in the 1924 World Series, in which the Senators defeated the Giants.[11] He won the League Award as the Most Valuable Player in the American League in 1925, edging Al Simmons by a small margin.[12] In the 1925 World Series against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Peckinpaugh committed eight errors in the seven-game series, a MLB record.[13]

On January 15, 1927, the Senators traded Peckinpaugh to the Chicago White Sox for Leo Mangum and Sloppy Thurston.[14] However, his playing time with the White Sox was limited by a leg injury.[3] After one season with the White Sox, Peckinpaugh retired as a player.[2]

Peckinpaugh was named manager of the Cleveland Indians after the 1927 season.[3] He was fired during the 1933 season. He managed the Kansas City Blues of the Class-AA American Association[15] and the New Orleans Pelicans of the Class-A1 Southern Association[16] before he was hired by the Indians as manager in 1941, signing a two year contract.[17] After the 1941 season, he was promoted to vice president,[18] later serving as Cleveland's general manager (GM) and president through 1946.[2] He served as GM for the Buffalo Bisons of the International League in 1947,[19] but was not retained after the season.[20]

Retirement from baseball

After the end of his baseball career, Peckinpaugh worked as a manufacturer's representative for the Cleveland Oak Belting Company.[2] He retired in 1976 at the age of 85. Suffering from cancer and heart disease, he was brought to a hospital for a respiratory condition, and died on November 17, 1977 in Cleveland.[13] He was buried in Acacia Masonic Memorial Park in Mayfield Heights, Ohio.[21]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Majors Trade Ball Players". The Evening Independent. December 21, 1921. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Gordon, Peter. "Roger Peckinpaugh". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
  3. ^ a b c "Roger Peckinpaugh Named to Manage Cleveland Indians". St. Petersburg Times. Associated Press. December 10, 1927. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
  4. ^ "Peckinpaugh in Charge of Yanks". The Day. September 16, 1914. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
  5. ^ "Roger Peckinpaugh is Still on Anxious Seat". The Milwaukee Sentinel. January 10, 1915. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
  6. ^ [1]
  7. ^ "Roger Peckinpaugh Gets Pilot's Job at Washington in Big Deal: Senators, Red Sox and Mackmen Trade Players--"Bing" Miller Goes to Philadelphia". The Atlanta Constitution. January 11, 1922. p. 11. Retrieved March 2, 2012. (subscription required)
  8. ^ "3-Team Deal Sends Peck to Senators — Ex-Yankee to Become Playing Manager at Washington- Joe Dugan to Red Sox. Mack Gets Two Players: Miller and Acosta Go to Athletics, O'Rourke". The New York Times. January 11, 1922. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
  9. ^ "Logical Man to Assume Reins Over the Washington Nationals". Detroit Free Press. January 12, 1922. p. 15. Retrieved March 2, 2012. (subscription required)
  10. ^ "Travis Jackson Should Prove Good Utility Man For Giants in Series". Providence News. September 28, 1923. p. 13. Retrieved March 30, 2012.
  11. ^ Vaughan, Irving (October 10, 1924). "Peck the Hero as Griffs Win From Giants: Leads Attack in 2-1 Victory. Bucky Saves the Day". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 21, 2012. (subscription required)
  12. ^ "Peckinpaugh Voted Most Valuable Player In American League — Simmons Is Second". The New York Times. September 24, 1925. Retrieved March 21, 2012. (subscription required)
  13. ^ a b "Roger Peckinpaugh Dies at 86". St. Petersburg Times. November 19, 1977. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
  14. ^ "Roger Peck is Traded to Chicago White Sox". The Milwaukee Journal. January 16, 1927. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
  15. ^ "Peckinpaugh Is Named Manager At Kansas City". Chicago Tribune. December 14, 1933. Retrieved March 21, 2012. (subscription required)
  16. ^ "Roger Peckinpaugh to Manage Pelicans". The Palm Beach Post. Associated Press. December 18, 1938. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
  17. ^ Hauck, Larry (November 13, 1940). "Roger Peckinpaugh, Once Fired, Returns as Pilot of Cleveland". Ottawa Citizen. Associated Press. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
  18. ^ "24-Year Old Boudreau to Manage Tribe, Becomes Youngest Major League Pilot in History: Appointment Follows Elevation of Roger Peckinpaugh to Front Office Job of Vice President". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 26, 1941. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
  19. ^ "Bisons Sign Peckinpaugh — Major League Veteran Becomes Buffalo General Manager". The New York Times. November 13, 1946. Retrieved March 21, 2012. (subscription required)
  20. ^ "Peckinpaugh Fired By Buffalo Club". Toledo Blade. Associated Press. October 27, 1947. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
  21. ^ Vigil, Vicki Blum (2007). Cemeteries of Northeast Ohio: Stones, Symbols & Stories. Cleveland, OH: Gray & Company. ISBN 978-1-59851-025-6.
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Preceded by New York Yankees manager
1914 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Cleveland Indians manager
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1941 		Succeeded by

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