Mike Prendergast
[edit] Biography
Born on December 15, 1888 in Arlington, Illinois, Mike Prendergast (Michael Thomas Prendergast) played for the Chicago Whales, Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 6 year career. Prendergast broke into the bigs on April 26, 1914 with the Chicago Whales, and put up a 2.38 ERA in 136 innings pitched in 1914, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Mike Prendergast's best season was 1915, when he posted a 2.48 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 95 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1914
| CHI
| F
| 30
| 19
| 5
| 9
| 2.38
| 71
| 53
| 36
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 136
| 131
| 6
| 40
| 0
| 3
| 3
|
| 1915
| CHI
| F
| 42
| 30
| 14
| 12
| 2.48
| 95
| 93
| 70
| 16
| 3
| 0
| 253.2
| 220
| 6
| 67
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| 1916
| CHI
| N
| 35
| 10
| 6
| 11
| 2.31
| 56
| 53
| 39
| 4
| 2
| 2
| 152
| 127
| 5
| 23
| 0
| 5
| 1
|
| 1917
| CHI
| N
| 35
| 8
| 3
| 6
| 3.35
| 43
| 42
| 37
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 99.1
| 112
| 6
| 21
| 0
| 3
| 0
|
| 1918
| PHI
| N
| 33
| 30
| 13
| 14
| 2.89
| 41
| 102
| 81
| 20
| 0
| 1
| 252.1
| 257
| 6
| 46
| 0
| 5
| 1
|
| 1919
| PHI
| N
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 8.40
| 5
| 15
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 20
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 108
| 49
| 22
| 32
| 2.97
| 145
| 212
| 171
| 25
| 2
| 4
| 518.2
| 516
| 17
| 100
| 0
| 14
| 3
|
| Total
| FL
|
| 72
| 49
| 19
| 21
| 2.45
| 166
| 146
| 106
| 23
| 4
| 0
| 389.2
| 351
| 12
| 107
| 0
| 3
| 7
|
| Total
|
|
| 180
| 98
| 41
| 53
| 2.74
| 311
| 358
| 277
| 48
| 6
| 4
| 908.1
| 867
| 29
| 207
| 0
| 17
| 10
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1914
| CHI
| F
| P
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 32
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
| 1915
| CHI
| F
| P
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 68
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .959
|
| 1916
| CHI
| N
| P
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 40
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .955
|
| 1917
| CHI
| N
| P
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 25
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .933
|
| 1918
| PHI
| N
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 70
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .962
|
| 1919
| PHI
| N
| P
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 180
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 240
| 12
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .955
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1914
| CHI
| F
| 30
| 37
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .108
| .195
| .108
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 9
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1915
| CHI
| F
| 42
| 80
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 1
| .075
| .108
| .075
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 35
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1916
| CHI
| N
| 35
| 46
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 1
| .152
| .170
| .152
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 17
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1917
| CHI
| N
| 35
| 28
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 0
| .250
| .276
| .321
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1918
| PHI
| N
| 33
| 85
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 4
| .082
| .103
| .082
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 19
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1919
| PHI
| N
| 5
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .333
| .667
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 108
| 162
| 4
| 22
| 0
| 5
| .136
| .157
| .154
| 3
| 0
| 4
| 40
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| FL
|
| 72
| 117
| 2
| 10
| 0
| 1
| .085
| .137
| .085
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 44
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 180
| 279
| 6
| 32
| 0
| 6
| .115
| .148
| .125
| 3
| 0
| 9
| 84
| 2
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Chicago Cubs with Pickles Dillhoefer and $55000 to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Pete Alexander and Bill Killefer (December 11, 1917).
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