Jack Ogden
[edit] Biography
Born on November 5, 1897 in Ogden, Pennsylvania, Jack Ogden (John Mahlon Ogden) played for the New York Giants, St. Louis Browns and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 5 year career. Ogden broke into the bigs on June 22, 1918 with the New York Giants, and put up a 4.15 ERA in 242.2 innings pitched in 1928, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Jack Ogden's best season was 1928, when he posted a 4.15 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 67 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1918
| NY
| N
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3.12
| 1
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8.2
| 8
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1928
| STL
| A
| 38
| 31
| 15
| 16
| 4.15
| 67
| 121
| 112
| 18
| 1
| 2
| 242.2
| 257
| 23
| 80
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1929
| STL
| A
| 34
| 14
| 4
| 8
| 4.93
| 32
| 83
| 72
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 131.1
| 154
| 8
| 44
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1931
| CIN
| N
| 22
| 9
| 4
| 8
| 2.93
| 24
| 42
| 29
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 89
| 79
| 3
| 32
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1932
| CIN
| N
| 24
| 3
| 2
| 2
| 5.21
| 20
| 40
| 33
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 57
| 72
| 5
| 22
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 51
| 12
| 6
| 10
| 3.78
| 45
| 86
| 65
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 154.2
| 159
| 8
| 57
| 0
| 4
| 2
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 72
| 45
| 19
| 24
| 4.43
| 99
| 204
| 184
| 25
| 1
| 2
| 374
| 411
| 31
| 124
| 0
| 2
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 123
| 57
| 25
| 34
| 4.24
| 144
| 290
| 249
| 29
| 2
| 3
| 528.2
| 570
| 39
| 181
| 0
| 6
| 3
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1918
| NY
| N
| P
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1928
| STL
| A
| P
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 35
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| 1929
| STL
| A
| P
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 28
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1931
| CIN
| N
| P
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 15
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .852
|
| 1932
| CIN
| N
| P
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 123
| 0
| 0
| 33
| 93
| 8
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .940
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1918
| NY
| N
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1928
| STL
| A
| 38
| 85
| 7
| 17
| 0
| 10
| .200
| .227
| .271
| 2
| 2
| 3
| 20
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1929
| STL
| A
| 34
| 45
| 4
| 11
| 0
| 7
| .244
| .292
| .267
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1931
| CIN
| N
| 23
| 27
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .148
| .148
| .148
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1932
| CIN
| N
| 27
| 12
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .167
| .231
| .250
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 55
| 40
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 0
| .150
| .171
| .175
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 72
| 130
| 11
| 28
| 0
| 17
| .215
| .250
| .269
| 3
| 2
| 6
| 29
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 127
| 170
| 15
| 34
| 0
| 17
| .200
| .232
| .247
| 4
| 2
| 7
| 35
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by New York Giants with Waite Hoyt, Joe Wilhoit, Jose Rodriguez, Bill Kelly and cash to Rochester (International) in exchange for Earl Smith (January 2, 1919).
- Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Leo Durocher and Dutch Henry to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Paul Derringer, Sparky Adams and Allyn Stout (May 7, 1933).
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