Tom Sheehan

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Tom Sheehan

Pitcher
Born: (1894-03-31)March 31, 1894 Grand Ridge, Illinois
Died: October 29, 1982(1982-10-29) (aged 88) Chillicothe, Ohio
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
July 14, 1915 for the Philadelphia Athletics
Last MLB appearance
May 27, 1926 for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Career statistics
Win-Loss Record	17–39
Strikeouts	169
ERA	4.00
Teams
As player Philadelphia Athletics (1915–1916) New York Yankees (1921) Cincinnati Reds (1924–25) Pittsburgh Pirates (1925–26) As manager San Francisco Giants (1960)

Thomas Clancy Sheehan (March 31, 1894 – October 29, 1982) was an American pitcher, scout and manager in Major League Baseball.

Born in Grand Ridge, Illinois, Sheehan, a right-hander, had a six-year pitching career from 1915–1916, 1921 and 1924–1926, playing for the Philadelphia Athletics and New York Yankees of the American League and the Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League. He pitched for two of the worst teams in major league history — the 1915-1916 Athletics. Manager and part-owner Connie Mack totally dismantled his 1914 AL-champion club after it was swept by the "Miracle" Boston Braves in the World Series. After Mack replaced his stars with inexperienced players, the A's of 1915–16 won a total of 79 games, while losing 226 — a winning percentage of only .259. At 21, Sheehan won four games and lost nine in 1915, but the following season he dropped 16 of 17 decisions (.059), although he compiled a decent earned run average of 3.69.

Overall, Sheehan appeared in 146 major league games, winning 17 and losing 39 (.304) with a 4.00 ERA.

Sheehan coached for the Reds (1935–37) and Boston Braves (1944), and spent many years as a minor league manager and as a scout for the New York/San Francisco Giants. In June 1960, at age 66, he succeeded the fired Bill Rigney as pilot of the Giants. Sheehan became the oldest person to make his debut as a major-league manager. The move was a shocker, and it backfired. Rigney's Giants had won 33 of 58 games and were in second place in the National League; but under Sheehan, San Francisco won 46, lost 50 (.479) and fell to a second-division, fifth place finish. Sheehan resumed his scouting duties at season's end.

He died in Chillicothe, Ohio at the age of 88.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

San Francisco Giants managers

John Clapp (1883)
Jim Price (1884)
John Montgomery Ward (1884)
Jim Mutrie (1885–1891)
Pat Powers (1892)
John Montgomery Ward (1893–1894)
George Davis (1895)
Jack Doyle (1895)
Harvey Watkins (1895)
Arthur Irwin (1896)
Bill Joyce (1896–1898)
Cap Anson (1898)
John B. Day (1899)
Fred Hoey (1899)
Buck Ewing (1900)
George Davis (1900–1901)
Horace Fogel (1902)
Heinie Smith (1902)
John McGraw (1902–1932)
Bill Terry (1932–1941)
Mel Ott (1942–1948)
Leo Durocher (1948–1955)
Bill Rigney (1956–1960)
Tom Sheehan (1960)
Alvin Dark (1961–1964)
Herman Franks (1965–1968)
Clyde King (1969–1970)
Charlie Fox (1970–1974)
Wes Westrum (1974–1975)
Bill Rigney (1976)
Joe Altobelli (1977–1979)
Dave Bristol (1979–1980)
Frank Robinson (1981–1984)
Danny Ozark (1984)
Jim Davenport (1985)
Roger Craig (1985–1992)
Dusty Baker (1993–2002)
Felipe Alou (2003–2006)
Bruce Bochy (2007–)

Persondata
Name	Sheehan, Tom
Alternative names
Short description	American baseball player and coach
Date of birth	March 31, 1894
Place of birth	Grand Ridge, Illinois
Date of death	October 29, 1982
Place of death	Chillicothe, Ohio

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