Tiny Bonham

Full Name: Ernest Edward Bonham	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/215	First Game: August 5, 1940
Birthdate: August 16, 1913	Final Game: August 27, 1949
Birthplace: Ione, California	MLB Experience: 10 years
Died: September 15, 1949
Deathplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on August 16, 1913 in Ione, California, Tiny Bonham (Ernest Edward Bonham) played for the New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 10 year career. Bonham broke into the bigs on August 5, 1940 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 1.90 ERA in 99.1 innings pitched in 1940, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Tiny Bonham's best season was 1942, when he posted a 2.27 ERA, won 21 games and struck out 71 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1940	NY	A	12	12	9	3	1.90	37	24	21	10	3	0	99.1	83	4	13	0	0
1941	NY	A	23	14	9	6	2.98	43	44	42	7	1	2	126.2	118	12	31	0	1
1942	NY	A	28	27	21	5	2.27	71	65	57	22	6	0	226	199	11	24	1	1
1943	NY	A	28	26	15	8	2.27	71	63	57	17	4	1	225.2	197	13	52	0	1
1944	NY	A	26	25	12	9	2.99	54	84	71	17	1	0	213.2	228	14	41	1	0
1945	NY	A	23	23	8	11	3.29	42	72	66	12	0	0	180.2	186	11	22	0	1
1946	NY	A	18	14	5	8	3.70	30	47	43	6	2	3	104.2	97	6	23	1	0
1947	PIT	N	33	18	11	8	3.85	63	67	64	7	3	3	149.2	167	17	35	1	2
1948	PIT	N	22	20	6	10	4.31	42	71	65	7	0	0	135.2	145	18	23	0	3
1949	PIT	N	18	14	7	4	4.25	25	43	42	5	1	0	89	81	11	23	0	0
Total	NL		73	52	24	22	4.11	130	181	171	19	4	3	374.1	393	46	81	1	5
Total	AL		158	141	79	50	2.73	348	399	357	91	17	6	1176.2	1108	71	206	3	4
Total			231	193	103	72	3.06	478	580	528	110	21	9	1551	1501	117	287	4	9

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1940	NY	A	P	12	6	8	0	0	1.000
1941	NY	A	P	23	6	12	2	1	.900
1942	NY	A	P	28	11	28	0	2	1.000
1943	NY	A	P	28	8	26	0	1	1.000
1944	NY	A	P	26	8	26	1	5	.971
1945	NY	A	P	23	6	23	0	2	1.000
1946	NY	A	P	18	2	13	2	1	.882
1947	PIT	N	P	33	7	11	2	1	.900
1948	PIT	N	P	22	6	9	1	1	.938
1949	PIT	N	P	18	3	9	0	1	1.000
Total			P	231	63	165	8	15	.966

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1940	NY	A	12	37	3	7	2	.189	.231	.216	1	2	6	0	0	0	0
1941	NY	A	23	50	1	8	2	.160	.192	.160	0	2	12	0	1	0	0
1942	NY	A	28	74	4	9	2	.122	.167	.122	0	3	17	1	10	0	3
1943	NY	A	28	76	5	15	2	.197	.237	.211	1	4	15	0	5	0	1
1944	NY	A	26	75	5	10	3	.133	.188	.147	1	5	12	0	5	1	3
1945	NY	A	23	63	6	15	4	.238	.294	.317	5	5	9	0	3	0	3
1946	NY	A	18	31	4	4	1	.129	.229	.129	0	4	5	0	1	0	0
1947	PIT	N	33	45	4	7	4	.156	.224	.178	1	3	5	1	6	0	2
1948	PIT	N	22	49	2	8	3	.163	.163	.163	0	0	7	0	1	0	0
1949	PIT	N	18	22	0	1	3	.045	.160	.045	0	3	1	0	5	0	0
Total	NL		73	116	6	16	10	.138	.187	.147	1	6	13	1	12	0	2
Total	AL		158	406	28	68	16	.167	.218	.187	8	25	76	1	25	1	10
Total			231	522	34	84	26	.161	.211	.178	9	31	89	2	37	1	12

[edit] Transactions

Traded by New York Yankees to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Cookie Cuccurullo (October 24, 1946).

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2 Time All-Star: 1942, 1943
World Series Champion: 1941 New York Yankees, 1943 New York Yankees

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