1 inning major league player

[frankbmd]

Joe Cleary, Washington Senators 1945

He faced 9 batters

1 Strikeout
3 Walks
5 Hits
7 Earned runs

The strikeout was the only out he recorded so,

1/3 of an inning and a lifetime ERA of 189.00

I respect the others mentioned in this thread but old Joe Cleary is clearly the worst.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

Joe Cleary, Washington Senators 1945

He faced 9 batters

1 Strikeout
3 Walks
5 Hits
7 Earned runs

The strikeout was the only out he recorded so,

1/3 of an inning and a lifetime ERA of 189.00

I respect the others mentioned in this thread but old Joe Cleary is clear the worst.

Wow very ugly stat line but he got in the game. Larry Yount loses in career during warm ups Ugh

[earlywynnfan]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

Joe Cleary, Washington Senators 1945

He faced 9 batters

1 Strikeout
3 Walks
5 Hits
7 Earned runs

The strikeout was the only out he recorded so,

1/3 of an inning and a lifetime ERA of 189.00

I respect the others mentioned in this thread but old Joe Cleary is clear the worst.

You left out the best part of the cleary story: he was highly regarded, but got bombed so badly and so quickly that the Senators let their batting pitcher go in for him. It happened to be that pitcher's only game, too, even though he pitched decently. But that's probably because the second pitcher only had one leg, the other getting amputated when his fighter crashed in Germany in WWII

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by earlywynnfan

You left out the best part of the cleary story: he was highly regarded, but got bombed so badly and so quickly that the Senators let their batting pitcher go in for him. It happened to be that pitcher's only game, too, even though he pitched decently. But that's probably because the second pitcher only had one leg, the other getting amputated when his fighter crashed in Germany in WWII

wow the story keeps getting more amazing. who is that other Pitchers one game. And hopefully the rest is total sarcasm

[earlywynnfan]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

wow the story keeps getting more amazing. who is that other Pitchers one game. And hopefully the rest is total sarcasm

No sarcasm, just quite possibly the most amazing MLB story ever:
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/bert-shepard/

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by earlywynnfan

No sarcasm, just quite possibly the most amazing MLB story ever:
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/bert-shepard/

Sorry it it sounded like sarcasm.
But boy oh boy this is amazing

That article on Bert Shepard and his life and his game that day is really amazing

Thanks for sharing it

[moogpowell]

Robin Yount's brother, Larry, is the only MLB pitcher to ever appear in a game yet never play in a game in his career. Just learned about this story this year: https://milwaukeerecord.com/sports/r...-accomplished/

[whiteymet]

Here is Harrington's story according to wikipedia.

His MLB appearance came on July 10, 1963, at Connie Mack Stadium, when he was called upon to pinch run following first baseman Roy Sievers' single; it was the eighth inning and the Phils led the San Francisco Giants, 10–2. Harrington advanced to second base one out later, following Don Hoak's single. But the inning ended when Clay Dalrymple grounded into a double play.[3] Harrington did not stay in the game on defense, as veteran Frank Torre took Sievers' post at first base in the ninth.

However I first recall reading about this in a book about Gene Mauch. In that book the story was Mauch used Harrington as a pinch runner and he was either thrown out stealing or was thrown out going first to third. Mauch was pissed. He never liked rookies ( he traded F. Jenkins to the Cubs for two older pitchers Larry Jackson and Bob Buhl) and promptly sent him back to the minors, never to be seen in the majors again!