Happy Townsend

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Full Name: John Townsend	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/190	First Game: April 19, 1901
Birthdate: April 9, 1879	Final Game: September 21, 1906
Birthplace: Townsend, Delaware	MLB Experience: 6 years
Died: December 21, 1963
Deathplace: Wilmington, Delaware
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
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[edit] Biography

Born on April 9, 1879 in Townsend, Delaware, Happy Townsend (John Townsend) played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Senators and Cleveland Naps over the course of his 6 year career. Townsend broke into the bigs on April 19, 1901 with the Philadelphia Phillies, and put up a 3.45 ERA in 143.2 innings pitched in 1901, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Happy Townsend's best season was 1905, when he posted a 2.63 ERA and struck out 102 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
1901	PHI	N	19	16	9	6	3.45	72	73	55	14	2	0	143.2	118	3	64	0	7	7
1902	WAS	A	27	26	9	16	4.45	71	157	109	22	0	0	220.1	233	12	89	0	10	13
1903	WAS	A	20	13	2	11	4.76	54	85	67	10	0	0	126.2	145	3	48	0	7	9
1904	WAS	A	36	34	5	26	3.58	143	163	116	31	2	0	291.1	319	3	100	0	19	10
1905	WAS	A	34	24	7	16	2.63	102	117	77	22	0	0	263	247	2	84	0	7	15
1906	CLE	A	17	12	3	7	2.91	31	45	30	8	1	0	92.2	92	1	31	0	1	6
Total	NL		19	16	9	6	3.45	72	73	55	14	2	0	143.2	118	3	64	0	7	7
Total	AL		134	109	26	76	3.61	401	567	399	93	3	0	994	1036	21	352	0	44	53
Total			153	125	35	82	3.59	473	640	454	107	5	0	1137.2	1154	24	416	0	51	60

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1901	PHI	N	P	19	0	0	5	25	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.909
1901	PHI	N	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1902	WAS	A	P	27	0	0	12	57	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.920
1903	WAS	A	P	20	0	0	6	37	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1904	WAS	A	P	36	0	0	15	81	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	.960
1904	WAS	A	OF	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1905	WAS	A	P	34	0	0	21	64	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.944
1906	CLE	A	P	17	0	0	2	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.917
Total			P	153	0	0	61	295	21	14	0	0	0	0	0	.944
Total			OF	3	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1901	PHI	N	19	64	2	7	0	5	.109	.123	.156	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
1902	WAS	A	27	87	11	23	0	10	.264	.273	.356	6	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0
1903	WAS	A	20	44	1	2	0	1	.045	.106	.045	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
1904	WAS	A	38	119	6	20	1	8	.168	.189	.227	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
1905	WAS	A	34	83	6	15	0	4	.181	.244	.241	3	1	5	0	2	4	1	0	0
1906	CLE	A	17	30	0	4	0	1	.133	.161	.133	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Total	NL		19	64	2	7	0	5	.109	.123	.156	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Total	AL		136	363	24	64	1	24	.176	.209	.231	13	2	12	0	3	8	2	0	0
Total			155	427	26	71	1	29	.166	.196	.220	14	3	12	0	4	8	3	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Washington Senators to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Frank Kitson (December 5, 1905).
Traded by Detroit Tigers to Cleveland Naps in exchange for Red Donahue (December 24, 1905).

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