Dick McBride

This article is about the baseball player. For the beat poet, see Dick McBride (poet).
Dick McBride
Pitcher
Born: June 14, 1847
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died: January 20, 1916 (aged 68)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Batted: Unknown Threw: Right
MLB debut
May 20, 1871 for the Philadelphia Athletics
Last MLB appearance
July 13, 1876 for the Boston Red Stockings
Career statistics
Win–loss record 149–78
Earned run average 2.71
Complete games 227
Teams
  National Association of Base Ball Players
Philadelphia Athletics (1861–1870)
  League Player
Philadelphia Athletics (1871–1875)
Boston Red Stockings (1876)
  League Manager
Philadelphia Athletics (1871–1875)
Career highlights and awards

John Dickson "Dick" McBride (June 14, 1847—January 20, 1916) was an American Major League Baseball player from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who was the star pitcher and the player-manager for the Philadelphia Athletics of the National Association from 1871 through most of 1875 until Cap Anson took over as player-manager for the remaining eight games of the season. He had a pitching record of 149 wins and 74 losses during that period. In 1871, he went 18-5 and led Philadelphia to the NA championship. McBride finished his major league career in 1876 when he was signed by the Boston Red Stockings of the National League after the Association failed. He had a record of 0-4 before his career came to an end. McBride died in Philadelphia at the age of 70, and is interred at Lawnview Cemetery in Rockledge, Pennsylvania.[1]

In 1864, while serving in the Union Army during the Civil War, he was allowed to take a 3 day furlough to participate in a series of baseball exhibitions between clubs from Brooklyn and the local Philadelphia clubs. It was during this time that the north's attention had turned to military defense, not baseball, so Brooklyn strategically scheduled these events hoping to take advantage of the situation to get some well sought after wins in "enemy" territory. The presence of McBride didn't do much, as all Philly teams were beaten soundly.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Dick McBride's career statistics". retrosheet.org. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
  2. ↑ George B. Kirsch (2003). Baseball in Blue and Gray. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-05733-8.

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