George McConnell

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Full Name: George Neely McConnell	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/190	First Game: April 13, 1909
Birthdate: September 16, 1877	Final Game: September 26, 1916
Birthplace: Shelbyville, Tennessee	MLB Experience: 6 years
Died: May 10, 1964
Deathplace: Chattanooga, Tennessee
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on September 16, 1877 in Shelbyville, Tennessee, George McConnell (George Neely McConnell) played for the New York Highlanders, New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs and Chicago Whales over the course of his 6 year career. McConnell broke into the bigs on April 13, 1909 with the New York Highlanders, and put up a 2.75 ERA in 176.2 innings pitched in 1912, his rookie year.

Most people believe that George McConnell's best season was 1915, when he posted a 2.20 ERA, won 25 games and struck out 151 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1909	NY	A	2	1	0	1	2.25	4	2	1	0	0	0	4	3	0	3	0	1	0
1912	NY	A	23	20	8	12	2.75	91	94	54	19	0	0	176.2	172	3	52	0	6	4
1913	NY	A	35	20	4	15	3.20	72	90	64	8	0	3	180	162	2	60	0	3	7
1914	CHI	N	1	1	0	1	1.29	3	1	1	0	0	0	7	3	0	3	0	0	0
1915	CHI	F	44	35	25	10	2.20	151	103	74	23	4	1	303	262	8	89	0	10	8
1916	CHI	N	28	21	4	12	2.57	82	66	49	8	1	0	171.1	137	8	35	0	8	5
Total	NL		29	22	4	13	2.52	85	67	50	8	1	0	178.1	140	8	38	0	8	5
Total	FL		44	35	25	10	2.20	151	103	74	23	4	1	303	262	8	89	0	10	8
Total	AL		60	41	12	28	2.97	167	186	119	27	0	3	360.2	337	5	115	0	10	11
Total			133	98	41	51	2.60	403	356	243	58	5	4	842	739	21	242	0	28	24

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1909	NY	A	1B	11	0	0	123	11	5	7	0	0	0	0	0	.964
1909	NY	A	P	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1912	NY	A	P	23	0	0	9	75	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	.913
1912	NY	A	1B	2	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1913	NY	A	1B	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1913	NY	A	P	35	0	0	9	74	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.965
1914	CHI	N	P	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1915	CHI	F	P	44	0	0	8	105	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	.974
1916	CHI	N	P	28	0	0	9	50	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.952
Total			P	133	0	0	36	310	17	12	0	0	0	0	0	.953
Total			1B	14	0	0	140	11	5	7	0	0	0	0	0	.968

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1909	NY	A	13	43	4	9	0	5	.209	.227	.256	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
1912	NY	A	42	91	11	27	0	8	.297	.333	.385	4	2	4	0	1	1	0	0	0
1913	NY	A	39	67	4	12	0	2	.179	.179	.209	2	0	0	11	0	3	0	0	0
1914	CHI	N	1	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1915	CHI	F	53	125	14	31	1	18	.248	.254	.352	6	2	0	16	1	3	2	0	0
1916	CHI	N	28	57	2	9	0	0	.158	.200	.158	0	0	2	4	1	2	0	0	0
Total	NL		29	59	2	9	0	0	.153	.194	.153	0	0	2	5	1	2	0	0	0
Total	FL		53	125	14	31	1	18	.248	.254	.352	6	2	0	16	1	3	2	0	0
Total	AL		94	201	19	48	0	15	.239	.261	.299	6	3	5	11	1	5	1	0	0
Total			176	385	35	88	1	33	.229	.248	.294	12	5	7	32	3	10	3	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Sold by New York Yankees to Chicago Cubs (September 23, 1913).
Sold by Chicago Whales to Chicago Cubs with Mordecai Brown, Clem Clemens, Mickey Doolan, William Fischer, Max Flack, Claude Hendrix, Les Mann, Joe Tinker, Rollie Zeider, Charlie Pechous and Dutch Zwilling (February 10, 1916).

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