Ad Brennan Notable

b. July 18, 1887 · Philadelphia Phillies 1910–1913, Chicago Chi-Feds 1914, Chicago Whales 1915, Washington Senators 1918, Cleveland Indians 1918

Ad Brennan played for five clubs across nine seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1910 and closing with the Cleveland Indians in 1918.

He went 37 and 36 with a 3.11 earned run average, pitching 677 innings in 129 games. He struck out 283, completed 40 of his 77 starts and threw 5 shutouts. Across 132 games he batted .218, with 48 hits and 15 runs. He finished with 1 home run, 6 doubles and 1 stolen base.

He was born in La Harpe, KS, USA on July 18, 1887, and died on January 7, 1962. He batted left-handed and threw left-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1910	PHI	21	25	1	7	0	0	0	1	3	5	1	.280
1911	PHI	5	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.222
1912	PHI	27	59	8	15	1	2	1	6	4	9	0	.254
1913	PHI	40	67	3	11	2	0	0	2	1	12	0	.164
1914	CHI	16	32	2	8	3	0	0	3	0	6	0	.250
1915	CHI	20	27	1	5	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	.185
1918	CLE/WSH	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Career	—	132	220	15	48	6	2	1	12	12	40	1	.218

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1910	PHI	2	0	19	5	0	73.1	72	19	28	28	2.33
1911	PHI	2	1	5	3	0	22.2	22	9	12	12	3.57
1912	PHI	11	9	27	19	2	174.0	185	69	49	78	3.57
1913	PHI	14	12	40	25	1	207.0	204	55	46	94	2.39
1914	CHI	5	5	16	11	0	85.2	84	34	21	31	3.57
1915	CHI	3	9	19	13	0	106.0	117	44	30	40	3.74
1918	CLE/WSH	0	0	3	1	0	8.1	10	4	8	0	4.32
Career	—	37	36	129	77	3	677.0	694	234	194	283	3.11

On this day & linked events

1887

Born July 18, 1887

La Harpe, KS, USA

1962

Died January 7, 1962

1915

Dave Davenport's No-Hitter

Dave Davenport threw a no-hitter for the St. Louis Terriers against the Chicago Whales on September 7, 1915, winning 3–0.

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