George Suggs

George Suggs
Pitcher
Born: July 7, 1882
Kinston, North Carolina
Died: April 4, 1949 (aged 66)
Kinston, North Carolina
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 21, 1908 for the Detroit Tigers
Last MLB appearance
September 18, 1915 for the Baltimore Terrapins
Career statistics
Win–loss record 99-91
Strikeouts 588
Earned run average 3.11
Teams

George Franklin Suggs (July 7, 1882 in Kinston, North Carolina – April 4, 1949 in Kinston, North Carolina) was a major league baseball pitcher.

Suggs made his major league debut on April 21, 1908, for the Detroit Tigers. Besides playing for Detroit (1908–09), Suggs also played for the Cincinnati Reds (1910–13) and the Federal League Baltimore Terrapins (1914–15). Suggs led the National League in least number of Bases on balls per 9 innings pitched in 1910 and as of June 2012 is ranked 76th on the all-time list in that category.[1] He was a two-time twenty game winner (1910, 1914) and came just one win shy of the mark in 1912. Suggs finished his career with a 3.11 ERA and 99 wins.

Following his retirement from major league baseball, Suggs took a very active role in promoting baseball in his hometown of Kinston, North Carolina. He managed two independent (known then as "outlaw") teams in Kinston, the Kinston Robins and the Kinston Highwaymen. He was also the designer of their stadium, West End Park, which was modified in 1925 for the Virginia League Kinston Eagles. He was one of the initial inductees in the Kinston Professional Baseball Hall of Fame on February 11, 1983.

Notes

  1. ↑ Career BB/9 leaders from Baseball-Reference

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