Tiny Osborne
[edit] Biography
Born on April 9, 1893 in Porterdale, Georgia, Tiny Osborne (Earnest Preston Osborne) played for the Chicago Cubs and Brooklyn Robins over the course of his 4 year career. Osborne broke into the bigs on April 15, 1922 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 4.50 ERA in 184 innings pitched in 1922, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Tiny Osborne's best season was 1922, when he posted a 4.50 ERA and struck out 81 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1922
| CHI
| N
| 41
| 14
| 9
| 5
| 4.50
| 81
| 113
| 92
| 7
| 1
| 3
| 184
| 183
| 7
| 95
| 0
| 4
| 12
|
| 1923
| CHI
| N
| 37
| 25
| 8
| 15
| 4.56
| 69
| 117
| 91
| 8
| 1
| 1
| 179.2
| 174
| 14
| 89
| 0
| 3
| 2
|
| 1924
| CHI
| N
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3.00
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1924
| BRO
| N
| 21
| 13
| 6
| 5
| 5.09
| 52
| 68
| 59
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 104.1
| 123
| 1
| 54
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| 1924
| TOT
| N
| 23
| 13
| 6
| 5
| 5.03
| 54
| 69
| 60
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 107.1
| 126
| 1
| 56
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| 1925
| BRO
| N
| 41
| 22
| 8
| 15
| 4.94
| 59
| 111
| 96
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 175
| 210
| 9
| 75
| 0
| 2
| 4
|
| Total
|
|
| 142
| 74
| 31
| 40
| 4.72
| 263
| 410
| 339
| 31
| 2
| 6
| 646
| 693
| 31
| 315
| 0
| 9
| 22
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1922
| CHI
| N
| P
| 41
| 14
| 185.1
| 3
| 26
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 12
| 13
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1923
| CHI
| N
| P
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 39
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .955
|
| 1924
| CHI
| N
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1924
| BRO
| N
| P
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 20
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .880
|
| 1924
| TOT
| N
| P
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 21
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .885
|
| 1925
| BRO
| N
| P
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 34
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 142
| 14
| 185.1
| 11
| 120
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 12
| 13
| 0
| .956
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1922
| CHI
| N
| 41
| 67
| 6
| 9
| 0
| 4
| .134
| .147
| .164
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1923
| CHI
| N
| 37
| 60
| 3
| 12
| 0
| 3
| .200
| .200
| .233
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1924
| CHI
| N
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1924
| BRO
| N
| 21
| 36
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 2
| .250
| .270
| .306
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1924
| TOT
| N
| 23
| 36
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 2
| .250
| .270
| .306
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| BRO
| N
| 41
| 57
| 2
| 14
| 0
| 7
| .246
| .295
| .263
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 142
| 220
| 14
| 44
| 0
| 16
| .200
| .221
| .232
| 7
| 0
| 5
| 59
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Chicago Cubs to Brooklyn Robins (May 16, 1924).
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