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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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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[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.

[edit] Statistics

[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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