Jimmie DeShong
[edit] Biography
Born on November 30, 1909 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Jimmie DeShong (James Brooklyn DeShong) played for the Philadelphia Athletics, New York Yankees and Washington Senators over the course of his 7 year career. DeShong broke into the bigs on April 12, 1932 with the Philadelphia Athletics, and put up a 4.11 ERA in 133.2 innings pitched in 1934, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Jimmie DeShong's best season was 1936, when he posted a 4.63 ERA, won 18 games and struck out 59 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1932
| PHI
| A
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 11.70
| 5
| 14
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 17
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1934
| NY
| A
| 31
| 12
| 6
| 7
| 4.11
| 40
| 71
| 61
| 6
| 0
| 3
| 133.2
| 126
| 6
| 56
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1935
| NY
| A
| 29
| 3
| 4
| 1
| 3.26
| 30
| 30
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 69
| 64
| 6
| 33
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| 1936
| WAS
| A
| 34
| 31
| 18
| 10
| 4.63
| 59
| 135
| 115
| 16
| 2
| 2
| 223.2
| 255
| 11
| 96
| 0
| 8
| 3
|
| 1937
| WAS
| A
| 37
| 34
| 14
| 15
| 4.90
| 86
| 161
| 144
| 20
| 0
| 1
| 264.1
| 290
| 15
| 124
| 0
| 3
| 3
|
| 1938
| WAS
| A
| 31
| 14
| 5
| 8
| 6.58
| 41
| 104
| 96
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 131.1
| 160
| 11
| 83
| 0
| 4
| 1
|
| 1939
| WAS
| A
| 7
| 6
| 0
| 3
| 8.63
| 12
| 45
| 39
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 40.2
| 56
| 7
| 31
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 175
| 100
| 47
| 44
| 5.08
| 273
| 560
| 493
| 44
| 2
| 9
| 872.2
| 968
| 59
| 432
| 0
| 18
| 12
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1932
| PHI
| A
| P
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1934
| NY
| A
| P
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 28
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .970
|
| 1935
| NY
| A
| P
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 22
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .963
|
| 1936
| WAS
| A
| P
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 34
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .950
|
| 1937
| WAS
| A
| P
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 52
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
| 1938
| WAS
| A
| P
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 26
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .919
|
| 1939
| WAS
| A
| P
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 175
| 0
| 0
| 36
| 179
| 10
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .956
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1932
| PHI
| A
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1934
| NY
| A
| 31
| 42
| 5
| 8
| 0
| 0
| .190
| .320
| .190
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 5
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1935
| NY
| A
| 29
| 14
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .071
| .188
| .071
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1936
| WAS
| A
| 35
| 79
| 15
| 15
| 0
| 9
| .190
| .281
| .228
| 1
| 1
| 10
| 8
| 0
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1937
| WAS
| A
| 37
| 94
| 9
| 19
| 0
| 8
| .202
| .279
| .234
| 1
| 1
| 10
| 16
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| WAS
| A
| 31
| 46
| 5
| 12
| 0
| 7
| .261
| .277
| .348
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| WAS
| A
| 7
| 15
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .200
| .294
| .200
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 176
| 293
| 35
| 58
| 0
| 25
| .198
| .279
| .232
| 2
| 4
| 32
| 41
| 1
| 19
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Philadelphia Athletics with cash to Sacramento (PCL) in exchange for Tony Freitas (May 20, 1932).
- Traded by New York Yankees with Jesse Hill to Washington Senators in exchange for Bump Hadley and Roy Johnson (January 17, 1936).
- Sold by Washington Senators to New York Yankees (June 20, 1939).
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