George Earnshaw

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George "Moose" Earnshaw (February 15, 1900 - December 1, 1976) was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of nine seasons (1928-1936) with the Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago White Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals. He was the American League wins leader in 1929 with the Philadelphia. For his career, he compiled a 127-93 record in 319 appearances, with a 4.38 ERA and 1002 strikeouts. Earnshaw played on three American League pennant winners with the Athletics, winning the World Series in 1929 and 1930. He finished 4-3 in 8 postseason appearances with a 1.58 ERA.

Earnshaw currently ranks 7th in Athletics franchise history in winning percentage (.627).

He was born in New York City and later died in Little Rock, Arkansas at the age of 76.

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