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Jack Warhop
Pitcher
Born: (1884-07-04)July 4, 1884
Hinton, West Virginia, U.S.
Died: October 4, 1960(1960-10-04) (aged 76)
Freeport, Illinois, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 19, 1908, for the New York Highlanders
Last MLB appearance
August 12, 1915, for the New York Yankees
MLB statistics
Win–loss record69–92
Earned run average3.12
Strikeouts463
Teams

John Milton Warhop (July 4, 1884 – October 4, 1960) was an American baseball pitcher who played eight seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1908 to 1915 for the New York Highlanders / Yankees.

Considered by baseball insiders and historians as an unlucky pitcher, Warhop had a career 69–92 win–loss record, but with a 3.12

minor league baseball
and semi-professional teams until his late 40s or early 50s.

Warhop had an underhand submarine delivery, which gave him the nickname "Crab"[1] and was also known for his rather small size.[2][3]

Early life

Warhop was born in

strikeouts, with a career high 30 wins in 1907.[4][6] After pitching to a 29–7 record for the Williamsport Millionaires in 1909, people throughout both the National League and American League started to take notice of his ability. As many as a dozen teams were interested in Warhop, and he signed a $1,000 contract ($33,911 in today's dollars) with the Detroit Tigers.[2] However, they soon sold Warhop to the Highlanders without appearing in a single game with the Tigers.[8]

Major League Baseball career

1908–1912

Warhop made his debut on September 9, 1908. He ended up with a 1–2

Cleveland Nats on August 10, 1909 and finished the year with a 13–15 win–loss record, a 2.40 ERA, and 21 complete games in 36 games pitched as the Highlanders finished fifth in the American League (AL).[3] However, Warhop led the AL in hit batsmen in 1909 (26) and 1910 (18), which might have been caused by his unorthodox pitching style.[3] In 1910, Warhop pitched to a 14–14 win–loss record, a 3.00 ERA and 11 errors (the most among AL pitchers).[3][9]: 22  He was respected throughout baseball, and Baseball Magazine once called him the "unluckiest pitcher in the American League".[1]

Tobacco card
of Jack Warhop

The

home plate.[13] At the end of the season his desperation culminated in him unsuccessfully requesting that the league change his win–loss record to 14–11, under the mistaken belief that his 12–13 record was incorrect.[14]

Warhop's penchant for tough luck was best exemplified in the

pitchers' duel against the St. Louis Browns, having held them scoreless for the first five innings.[17]

1913–1915

A sore arm in 1913 caused Warhop to pitch ineffectively and have just seven games started.[9]: 22  He recovered by 1914; however, Warhop was on the unfortunate end of a hard-luck campaign. He had an 8–15 win–loss record with a 2.37 ERA.[3] However, the Yankees were one of the worst offensive and defensive teams in baseball, which caused Warhop to be on the losing end of five 1–0 games, a present-day Major League Baseball record shared with five other pitchers.[1][9] In one of those games, on July 25, Warhop shutout the Chicago White Sox for twelve innings before losing 1–0 in the 13th, due to two errors—one of which was committed by himself on an errant throw to first base after a sacrifice bunt.[4][18] His first win of the season finally came on June 25 against the Boston Red Sox.[19] He led the American League in home runs allowed at the end of the season with eight, a very high number in the dead-ball era. His pitching style included an underhand, submarine delivery, which he abandoned by 1914.[9]: 22 [20][21]

He gave up

Richmond Climbers in the International League, but Warhop didn't play a game with them.[6][22] According to one historian, however, Warhop was released because Yankee management thought he was a "jinx" to the club, as during Warhop's tenure—with the exception of the 1910 season—the Highlanders/Yankees finished no higher than fifth in the division.[4]

Warhop led the Yankees in games pitched four times (1908, 1909, 1912, 1914), saves three times (1909, 1910, 1912), and complete games once (1909).[9]: 593  His 114 career hit batsmen is a Yankees team record and ranks in the top 100 on the MLB all-time hit batsmen list.[3]

Later life

After leaving the Yankees, Warhop played in the minor leagues, including stints in the

Sally League Spartanburg team.[24] He played semi-professional baseball until the age of 50, when he retired and became a butler for a large house in Long Island.[1][8]

He married Grace Nichols on November 23, 1907. They later divorced, and he married Frances Helsinger in 1918. Warhop died at age 76 in Freeport, Illinois, where his professional baseball career began.[25]

See also

References

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  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Jack Warhop Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
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  5. The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. October 5, 1960. p. 51. Retrieved February 20, 2023 – via Associated Press
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  6. ^ a b c d "Jack Warhop Minor League Statistics & History". Baseball Reference Minors. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  7. Oshkosh Daily Northwestern. Oshkosh, WI. July 5, 1906. p. 6. Archived from the original
    on November 19, 2015. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  8. ^
    The Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 29. Archived from the original
    on November 20, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
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  10. ^ "Detroit's Sluggers Maul Yank Boxman; Jack Warhop's Delivery No Puzzle to Tigers — Works Stingy with His Hits". The New York Times. May 10, 1911. p. 9. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
  11. ^ "Browns Find Jack Warhop A Puzzle; Four Hits, as Many as Sweeney Made, All That St. Louis Could Gather". The New York Times. May 21, 1911. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
  12. ^ "Warhop Gains Control". Mansfield Daily Shield. Mansfield, OH. July 17, 1911. p. 6. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  13. ^ "Warhop's Strategy Fails In Detroit; Twice Throws to Second to Head Off Runners Who Are Safe — Loses Game". The New York Times. August 22, 1911. p. 8. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
  14. ^ "Warhop Wants More Credit". The Pittsburgh Press. November 18, 1911. p. 8. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  15. ^ "Yankees Lose In Sixteenth Inning; Washington, with Johnson Pitching, Wins Out by Score of 6 to 5" (PDF). The New York Times. July 6, 1912. p. 8. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
  16. ^ "Warhop Hit Hard In Late Innings; Walsh Holds Yankees Down After His Team Goes Ahead in the Seventh" (PDF). The New York Times. August 23, 1912. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
  17. The Meriden Daily Journal
    . Meriden, CT. September 13, 1912. p. 8. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  18. ^ "Errors Lose Long Battle For Warhop; White Sox Defeat Yankees, 1 to 0, in Thirteen-Inning Pitching Duel". The New York Times. July 26, 1914. p. S4-1. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
  19. ^ "Yankees and Red Sox Each Win Game; Pitcher Jack Warhop Earns His First Victory This Year for New York". The New York Times. June 26, 1914. p. 9. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
  20. ^ a b "Jack Warhop Still Can Put Stuff on Ball". The Washington Reporter. Washington, PA. July 7, 1924. p. 12. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  21. Youngstown Vindicator
    . Youngstown, OH. July 6, 1914. p. 10. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  22. ^ "Jack Dunn Gets Three Players from Yanks". The Providence Evening Tribune. Providence, RI. August 14, 1915. p. 11. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  23. Lewiston Evening Journal. Lewiston, ME. August 11, 1927. p. 6. Retrieved February 21, 2023 – via Associated Press
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  24. ^ "News of Jack Warhop". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. June 16, 1928. p. 13. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  25. ^ Horner, Alice. "Biographies in Stephenson County Illinois - W". genealogytrails.com. Genealogy Trails History Group. Retrieved February 21, 2023.

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