Ernie Shore Notable

b. March 24, 1891 · New York Giants 1912, Boston Red Sox 1914–1917, New York Yankees 1919–1920

Ernie Shore played for three clubs across nine seasons as a pitcher, opening with the New York Giants in 1912 and closing with the New York Yankees in 1920.

He went 65 and 43 with a 2.47 earned run average, pitching 979 innings in 160 games. He struck out 309, completed 56 of his 121 starts and threw 9 shutouts. Across 160 games he batted .121, with 39 hits and 14 runs. He finished with 8 doubles.

He threw a no-hitter in 1917.

He was born in East Bend, NC, USA on March 24, 1891, and died on September 24, 1980. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1912	NYG	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1914	BOS	20	49	1	5	0	0	0	0	19	.102
1915	BOS	38	79	3	8	4	1	10	5	29	.101
1916	BOS	38	77	3	7	2	0	3	3	31	.091
1917	BOS	29	78	3	13	2	0	4	3	26	.167
1919	NYY	20	28	2	4	0	0	0	0	10	.143
1920	NYY	14	11	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	.182
Career	—	160	322	14	39	8	1	17	13	117	.121

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1912	NYG	0	0	1	0	1	1.0	8	3	1	1	27.00
1914	BOS	10	5	20	16	1	139.2	103	31	34	51	2.00
1915	BOS	19	8	38	32	0	247.0	207	45	66	102	1.64
1916	BOS	16	10	38	28	1	225.2	221	66	49	62	2.63
1917	BOS	13	10	29	27	1	226.2	201	56	55	57	2.22
1919	NYY	5	8	20	13	0	95.0	105	44	44	24	4.17
1920	NYY	2	2	14	5	1	44.1	61	24	21	12	4.87
Career	—	65	43	160	121	5	979.1	906	269	270	309	2.47

On this day & linked events

1891

Born March 24, 1891

East Bend, NC, USA

1980

Died September 24, 1980

1917

Boston Red Sox Combined No-Hitter, 1917

Babe Ruth and Ernie Shore threw a combined no-hitter for the Boston Red Sox against the Washington Senators on June 23, 1917, winning 4–0.

Image: Harris & Ewing, public domain