Joe Cleary
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| Pitcher | |
| Born: Script error: No such module "person date". Cork, Ireland | |
| Died: Script error: No such module "person date". Yonkers, New York, U.S. | |
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| MLB debut | |
| August 4, 1945, for the Washington Senators | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| August 4, 1945, for the Washington Senators | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 0–0 |
| Earned run average | 189.00 |
| Strikeouts | 1 |
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Joseph Christopher Cleary (December 3, 1918 – June 3, 2004), nicknamed "Fire", was an Irish born Major League Baseball pitcher for one game in 1945. The right-hander was born in Cork, and he was the last native of Ireland or Northern Ireland to appear in a major league game until P. J. Conlon debuted for the New York Mets on May 7, 2018. He also holds the major league record for the highest ERA of any pitcher who retired a batter.[1]
Major League career
Cleary pitched one game in relief for the Washington Senators on August 4, 1945. In the 4th inning of game 2 of a doubleheader against the Boston Red Sox, he gave up 8 baserunners (5 hits and 3 walks) and 7 earned runs in just Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄3 of an inning. The only out that he recorded was a strikeout of opposing pitcher Dave Ferriss.[2]
In Cleary's short MLB career he had a 0–0 record with 1 strikeout and an ERA of 189.00.[3]
Personal life
Joe Cleary was born in 1918 in Cork, Ireland and moved to the Upper West Side of New York City in 1928. Cleary attended Commerce High School where he played baseball, once headlining The New York Times. Later, while still enrolled at Commerce, Cleary played on various semi-professional teams in Brooklyn in order to supplement his father's income. Such teams included the Brooklyn Bay Parkways and the Puerto Rican Stars.[4]
He died at the age of 85 in Yonkers, New York.[citation needed]
See also
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bevis, Charlie. "Joe Cleary". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Boston Red Sox at Washington Senators Box Score, August 4, 1945". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Joe Cleary Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.O'Callaghan, Eoin (May 13, 2018). "'I can remember the faces in the dugout when I told him to go f**k himself': the remarkable tale of Joe Cleary". The42. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
External links
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