Jack Cronin
[edit] Biography
Born on May 26, 1874 in West New Brighton, New York, Jack Cronin (John J. Cronin) played for the Brooklyn Bridegrooms, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, New York Giants, Baltimore Orioles and Brooklyn Superbas over the course of his 7 year career. Cronin broke into the bigs on August 24, 1895 with the Brooklyn Bridegrooms, and put up a 3.89 ERA in 219.2 innings pitched in 1901, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Jack Cronin's best season was 1904, when he posted a 2.70 ERA, won 12 games and struck out 110 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1895
| BRO
| N
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.80
| 1
| 8
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 10
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1898
| PIT
| N
| 4
| 4
| 2
| 2
| 3.54
| 9
| 14
| 11
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 28
| 35
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| CIN
| N
| 5
| 5
| 2
| 2
| 5.49
| 9
| 35
| 25
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 41
| 56
| 2
| 16
| 0
| 1
| 5
|
| 1901
| DET
| A
| 30
| 28
| 13
| 15
| 3.89
| 62
| 145
| 95
| 21
| 1
| 0
| 219.2
| 261
| 6
| 42
| 0
| 5
| 11
|
| 1902
| NY
| N
| 13
| 12
| 5
| 6
| 2.45
| 52
| 49
| 31
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 114
| 105
| 3
| 18
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1902
| DET
| A
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9.35
| 5
| 23
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 17.1
| 26
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
| 1902
| BAL
| A
| 10
| 8
| 3
| 5
| 2.62
| 20
| 29
| 22
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 75.2
| 66
| 1
| 24
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1902
| Total
|
| 27
| 20
| 8
| 11
| 3.09
| 77
| 101
| 71
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 207
| 197
| 5
| 50
| 0
| 4
| 3
|
| 1902
| TOT
| A
| 14
| 8
| 3
| 5
| 3.87
| 25
| 52
| 40
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 93
| 92
| 2
| 32
| 0
| 3
| 3
|
| 1903
| NY
| N
| 20
| 11
| 6
| 4
| 3.81
| 50
| 66
| 49
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 115.2
| 130
| 5
| 37
| 0
| 1
| 6
|
| 1904
| BRO
| N
| 40
| 34
| 12
| 23
| 2.70
| 110
| 132
| 92
| 33
| 4
| 0
| 307
| 284
| 10
| 79
| 0
| 3
| 9
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 84
| 66
| 27
| 37
| 3.15
| 231
| 304
| 214
| 59
| 5
| 3
| 610.2
| 620
| 20
| 161
| 0
| 6
| 20
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 44
| 36
| 16
| 20
| 3.89
| 87
| 197
| 135
| 29
| 1
| 0
| 312.2
| 353
| 8
| 74
| 0
| 8
| 14
|
| Total
|
|
| 128
| 102
| 43
| 57
| 3.40
| 318
| 501
| 349
| 88
| 6
| 3
| 923.1
| 973
| 28
| 235
| 0
| 14
| 34
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1895
| BRO
| N
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1898
| PIT
| N
| P
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .909
|
| 1899
| CIN
| N
| P
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .727
|
| 1901
| DET
| A
| P
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 51
| 12
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .838
|
| 1901
| DET
| A
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1902
| NY
| N
| OF
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1902
| NY
| N
| P
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 28
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .895
|
| 1902
| DET
| A
| P
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1902
| BAL
| A
| P
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 32
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .951
|
| 1902
| Total
|
| P
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 66
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .930
|
| 1902
| TOT
| A
| P
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 38
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .958
|
| 1903
| NY
| N
| P
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 29
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .927
|
| 1904
| BRO
| N
| P
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 84
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .927
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 128
| 0
| 0
| 55
| 245
| 33
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .901
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1895
| BRO
| N
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 2
| .500
| .500
| 1.500
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1898
| PIT
| N
| 4
| 10
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .100
| .250
| .200
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| CIN
| N
| 5
| 17
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 2
| .118
| .211
| .118
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1901
| DET
| A
| 31
| 85
| 7
| 21
| 0
| 10
| .247
| .289
| .329
| 3
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1902
| NY
| N
| 20
| 65
| 1
| 11
| 0
| 5
| .169
| .194
| .215
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1902
| DET
| A
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1902
| BAL
| A
| 10
| 27
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 2
| .148
| .207
| .185
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1902
| Total
|
| 34
| 99
| 2
| 15
| 0
| 7
| .152
| .184
| .192
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1902
| TOT
| A
| 14
| 34
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 2
| .118
| .167
| .147
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1903
| NY
| N
| 20
| 46
| 6
| 9
| 0
| 4
| .196
| .245
| .239
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1904
| BRO
| N
| 40
| 108
| 5
| 17
| 0
| 8
| .157
| .188
| .176
| 2
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 91
| 248
| 16
| 41
| 0
| 22
| .165
| .207
| .206
| 6
| 2
| 11
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 45
| 119
| 8
| 25
| 0
| 12
| .210
| .254
| .277
| 4
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 136
| 367
| 24
| 66
| 0
| 34
| .180
| .222
| .229
| 10
| 4
| 15
| 0
| 5
| 13
| 7
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Released by Brooklyn Bridegrooms (September, 1895).
- Sold by Detroit (Western) to Cincinnati Reds (September 18, 1899).
- Returned to Detroit (American) (@April, 1900).
- Released by Detroit Tigers (June 8, 1902).
- Signed by Baltimore Orioles (June 8, 1902).
- Released by Baltimore Orioles (@July 17, 1902).
- Signed by New York Giants (@July 17, 1902).
- Traded by New York Giants with Charlie Babb and $6000 to Brooklyn Superbas in exchange for Bill Dahlen (December 12, 1903).
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