Rip Egan
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John Joseph "Rip" Egan (July 9, 1871 – December 22, 1950) was a
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
, married Eleanor McGarrahan (July 14, 1898) and raised two daughters, Judith and Eleanor.
Playing career
Egan began his professional playing career in 1894 with the minor league
Cleveland Lake Shores of the American League and the Class-B Omaha Omahogs of the Western League. With Omaha, Egan went 4–3 in seven games, all starts. Finally, with Cleveland, he went 1–1 in two games, both starts. He was released from Cleveland in mid-May because the team had to make cuts in their payroll.[2]
That year would prove to be his final season as a player in professional baseball.
Umpire career
From 1907 to 1914, Egan was an
no-hitters. The first was thrown by Frank Smith on September 20, 1908.[4] The second no-hitter was thrown by Joe Benz on May 31, 1914.[4] Egan was an umpire during the 1913 World Series.[5] He was also an umpire in the Eastern League.[5] After the 1914 season, Egan was not retained by the American League and there was speculation that he would join the Federal League.[6]
Later life
In 1918, Egan began his
scout for the Boston Red Sox and the Pittsburgh Pirates.[5] During his time with the Red Sox, he was responsible for signing numerous players including Ray Champagne,[9] and Mickey Harris.[10] The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette described Egan as having "one of the finest all-around records and backgrounds in baseball today" after he signed with the Pirates as a scout in 1946.[11] On December 22, 1950, Egan died in Cranston, Rhode Island
and was buried in Section 5, Lot 155 at St. Ann Cemetery.
See also
References
- ^ "1898 Western League Pitching Leaders". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved June 18, 2010.
- ISBN 978-0-7864-3067-3.
- ISBN 0-8032-5946-8. Retrieved June 19, 2010.
- ^ a b "No Hitters Alphabetically by Umpire". Retrosheet. Retrosheet. Retrieved June 18, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e Bill Burgess III. "Umpire Register". The Baseball Guru. Retrieved June 18, 2010.
- ^ "American League Referees". The Toronto World. The Toronto World. January 9, 1915. Retrieved June 18, 2010.
- ^ a b c "Managers of the American Association: 1902–1962". The American Association Almanac. Retrieved June 18, 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "Beer That Made Milwaukee Hitless". Baseball Digest. 10 (3). Lakeside Publishing Co: 10. 1951.
- ^ Gary Bedingfield (January 8, 2007). "Ray Champagne: Baseball in Wartime". Baseball in Wartime. Baseball in Wartime. Retrieved June 18, 2010.
- ^ Ryan Brodeur. "Mickey Harris: The Baseball Biography Project". The Baseball Biography Project. The Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved June 18, 2010.
- ^ "Jack Egan Signed As Pirates Scout". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. July 3, 1946. Retrieved June 18, 2010.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Family scrapbook scanned 2011 showing articles and cartoons about Rip Egan PDF posted on GoogleDocs)