Washington DC Baseball

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Player #93A: George A. Mogridge. Pitcher with the Washington Senators in 1921-1925. 132 wins and 21 saves in 15 MLB seasons. 1924 World Series champion. He debuted with the Chicago White Sox in 1911-1912. His most productive season was 1921 with Washington as posted a 18-14 record with a 3.00 ERA in 288 innings pitched. He finished his career with the Boston Red Sox in 1926-1927. In 1917 he threw the first no-hitter in New York Yankee history. It was also the first no-hitter thrown in Fenway Park.

Deveaux points at Mogridge's importance to Washington: Clark Griffith was taking more measures (in 1921) towards building a championship-class ballclub out of his Senators. He had solid offense and defense particularly at first base with Joe Judge, at second with Bucky Harris, and in right field, where San Rice had taken over. The pitching was probably as good as the Nats had ever had, with Tom Zachary and George Mogridge complementing Walter Johnson as starters. Mogridge was a tall, friendly lefty whose past history had not foretold the consistency he would bring to Washington's pitching staff. Obtained from the Yankees in a deal involving outfielder Braggo Roth, who'd hit .291 in his one year with the Nationals, Mogridge would average 16 wins a season over the next four years. . . .

. . . Top man on the Senators' 1921 pitching staff was not Walter Johnson, but George Mogridge, who made good use of a befuddling mixture of off-speed offerings. Mogridge was the workhorse and top winner at 18-14, and Walter Johnson went 17-14 with an inflated 3.51 ERA, up considerably from 1.49 just two years earlier. (The Washington Senators by Tom Deveaux.)

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