Jim Stump
Jim Stump | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Lansing, Michigan | February 10, 1932|
Died: November 19, 2015 Lansing, Michigan | (aged 83)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
August 29, 1957, for the Detroit Tigers | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 26, 1959, for the Detroit Tigers | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 1–0 |
Earned run average | 2.19 |
Innings pitched | 242⁄3 |
Teams | |
James Gilbert Stump (February 10, 1932 – November 19, 2015) was an American professional baseball player who appeared in 11 Major League Baseball games as a relief pitcher for the 1957 and 1959 Detroit Tigers. He threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighed 188 pounds (85 kg).
Stump signed with the Tigers in 1951 and his first two minor league seasons — sandwiched around a two-year military stint during the Korean War — were noteworthy, as he won 30 of 43 decisions (.698). After winning 14 games for the 1957 Birmingham Barons of the Double-A Southern Association, Stump made his Major League debut for the Tigers against the Boston Red Sox at Briggs Stadium, working one inning in relief and giving up a hit, a run and two bases on balls, including one to Ted Williams, in a 6–1 Tiger defeat.[1] But, overall, Stump's first trial with Detroit was successful; he appeared in five more games played, won his only decision, and surrendered a total of only three earned runs in 131⁄3 innings, for a sparkling 2.08 earned run average.
The next two seasons, Stump put up identical 8–11 records with the Triple-A Charleston Senators, before receiving his second and final audition with the Tigers in 1959, pitching in 111⁄3 innings and posting another strong ERA (2.38). He played two more seasons of minor league ball — ironically, posting a third straight 8–11 season in the American Association in 1960 — and retired after the 1961 campaign.[2]
References
- ^ "Boston Red Sox 6, Detroit Tigers 1". retrosheet.org. August 29, 1957. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
- ^ "Jim Stump Minor Leagues Statistics & History". baseball-reference.com. sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
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