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b. July 1, 1883 · New York Highlanders 1909–1912, Boston Braves 1913, Baltimore Terrapins 1914–1915, Chicago White Sox 1918, New York Yankees 1919–1921, Boston Red Sox 1922–1925, Philadelphia Athletics 1925–1930, Brooklyn Robins 1931, Brooklyn Dodgers 1932, Cincinnati Reds 1933

Jack Quinn was one of seventeen pitchers permitted to keep throwing the spitball after it was outlawed in 1920, and he used the exemption for thirteen more years. He won twenty games in a season at thirty-nine, started a World Series game at forty-six, and threw his last major league pitch at fifty.

Born in what was then Austria-Hungary in 1883, he came to the Pennsylvania coalfields as a child and did not reach the majors until he was twenty-five. He pitched for ten clubs, won championships with the 1929 and 1930 Philadelphia Athletics, and led the National League in saves for Brooklyn at forty-eight.

Quinn finished 247-218 with 3,920 innings and 243 complete games. Quinn lived to sixty-two, dying in April 1946.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1909	NYY	23	45	2	7	1	0	0	2	3	9	0	.156
1910	NYY	35	82	9	19	4	2	0	10	6	23	2	.232
1911	NYY	40	61	4	10	2	0	1	5	5	15	1	.164
1912	NYY	18	39	4	8	0	0	0	3	4	12	0	.205
1913	BSN	9	20	3	4	1	1	0	2	3	3	1	.200
1914	BAL	48	121	10	33	6	1	2	10	8	21	1	.273
1915	BAL	56	110	12	29	4	1	0	10	8	24	0	.264
1918	CHW	6	18	1	4	1	1	0	3	2	2	0	.222
1919	NYY	38	91	7	19	1	0	0	4	10	17	0	.209
1920	NYY	41	88	6	8	0	0	2	6	9	26	0	.091
1921	NYY	33	41	4	9	2	0	1	4	3	9	0	.220
1922	BOS	40	91	5	9	3	0	1	5	6	28	0	.099
1923	BOS	42	80	4	18	3	1	0	6	2	20	0	.225
1924	BOS	44	78	5	14	1	0	0	7	2	20	0	.179
1925	BOS/PHA	37	63	2	6	1	0	0	3	7	15	0	.095
1926	PHA	31	46	4	8	2	0	0	3	3	9	0	.174
1927	PHA	34	66	1	6	1	0	0	6	2	17	0	.091
1928	PHA	31	79	3	13	2	0	0	12	3	23	0	.165
1929	PHA	35	60	2	8	2	0	0	3	0	20	0	.133
1930	PHA	35	34	2	9	0	0	1	4	1	9	0	.265
1931	BRO	39	15	0	3	0	0	0	2	1	7	0	.200
1932	BRO	42	20	0	4	1	0	0	3	1	5	0	.200
1933	CIN	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Career	—	771	1349	90	248	38	7	8	113	89	335	5	.184

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1909	NYY	9	5	23	11	1	118.2	110	26	24	36	1.97
1910	NYY	18	12	35	31	0	235.2	214	62	58	82	2.37
1911	NYY	8	10	40	16	2	174.2	203	73	41	71	3.76
1912	NYY	5	7	18	11	0	102.2	139	66	23	47	5.79
1913	BSN	4	3	8	7	0	56.1	55	15	7	33	2.40
1914	BAL	26	14	46	42	1	342.2	335	99	65	164	2.60
1915	BAL	9	22	44	31	1	273.2	289	105	63	118	3.45
1918	CHW	5	1	6	5	0	51.0	38	13	7	22	2.29
1919	NYY	15	14	38	31	0	266.0	242	77	65	97	2.61
1920	NYY	18	10	41	32	3	253.1	271	90	48	101	3.20
1921	NYY	8	7	33	13	0	119.0	158	50	32	44	3.78
1922	BOS	13	16	40	32	0	256.0	263	99	59	67	3.48
1923	BOS	13	17	42	28	7	243.0	302	105	53	71	3.89
1924	BOS	12	13	44	25	7	228.2	241	83	52	64	3.27
1925	BOS/PHA	13	11	37	29	0	204.2	259	94	42	43	4.13
1926	PHA	10	11	31	21	1	163.2	191	62	36	58	3.41
1927	PHA	15	10	34	25	1	201.1	211	73	37	43	3.26
1928	PHA	18	7	31	28	1	211.1	239	68	34	43	2.90
1929	PHA	11	9	35	18	2	161.0	182	71	39	41	3.97
1930	PHA	9	7	35	7	6	89.2	109	44	22	28	4.42
1931	BRO	5	4	39	1	15	64.1	65	19	24	25	2.66
1932	BRO	3	7	42	0	8	87.1	102	32	24	28	3.30
1933	CIN	0	1	14	0	1	15.2	20	7	5	3	4.02
Career	—	247	218	756	444	57	3920.1	4238	1433	860	1329	3.29

On this day & linked events

1883

Born July 1, 1883

Stefurov, , Austria-Hungary

1946

Died April 17, 1946

1909

Major-league debut: Jack Quinn

Jack Quinn made a major-league debut on April 15, 1909.

1933

Final major-league game: Jack Quinn

Jack Quinn played a final major-league game on July 7, 1933.

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