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Jack Leary Notable

Jack Leary played for seven clubs across five seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Boston Red Caps in 1880 and closing with the Chicago/Pittsburgh (Union League) in 1884.

He went 3 and 9 with a 4.56 earned run average, pitching 94 innings in 14 games. He struck out 23. Across 129 games he batted .229, with 123 hits and 55 runs. He finished with 4 home runs and 11 doubles.

He played 40 games in the outfield, with 44 putouts and 19 errors.

He was born in New Haven, CT, USA on July 1, 1857, and died on December 6, 1905.

Batting, season by season

YearTeam GABR H2B3B HRRBIBB SOSBAVG
1880 BSN 1310 000 0100 .000
1881 DTN 31123 110 4110 .273
1882 BAL/PIT 642733477 831 0500 .282
1883 BAL/LOU 431761733 153 0200 .188
1884 ALT/CPI 1873110 100 0100 .137
Career 12953655123 1194 41010 .229

Pitching, season by season

YearTeam WLG GSSVIP HERBB SOERA
1880 BSN 0111 03.08 50115.00
1881 DTN 0222 013.013 6224.15
1882 BAL/PIT 3165 044.257 171173.43
1884 ALT/CPI 0554 034.045 207135.29
Career 391412 094.2123 482023 4.56

On this day & linked events

1857

Born July 1, 1857

New Haven, CT, USA

1905

Died December 6, 1905