Jimmy Ring Notable

b. February 15, 1895 · Cincinnati Reds 1917–1920, Philadelphia Phillies 1921–1925, 1928, New York Giants 1926, St. Louis Cardinals 1927

Jimmy Ring played for four clubs across 12 seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Cincinnati Reds in 1917 and closing with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1928.

He went 118 and 149 with a 4.12 earned run average, pitching 2,354.3 innings in 389 games. He struck out 835, completed 154 of his 294 starts and threw 9 shutouts. Across 391 games he batted .147, with 120 hits and 59 runs. He finished with 4 home runs, 23 doubles and 2 stolen bases.

He was born in Brooklyn, NY, USA on February 15, 1895, and died on July 6, 1965. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1917	CIN	24	26	2	2	1	0	0	3	0	10	0	.077
1918	CIN	21	50	6	6	2	0	0	1	0	17	0	.120
1919	CIN	32	62	3	6	1	0	0	1	1	20	0	.097
1920	CIN	42	96	6	19	3	1	0	12	2	27	1	.198
1921	PHI	34	83	7	12	2	0	0	5	3	29	0	.145
1922	PHI	40	88	4	13	2	0	1	4	1	32	0	.148
1923	PHI	41	113	5	12	3	0	1	8	1	44	1	.106
1924	PHI	32	74	6	17	5	0	0	6	3	20	0	.230
1925	PHI	38	101	8	11	0	0	2	8	4	40	0	.109
1926	NYG	39	56	4	8	1	0	0	2	2	26	0	.143
1927	STL	13	8	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	.375
1928	PHI	35	60	5	11	1	0	0	7	0	21	0	.183
Career	—	391	817	59	120	23	1	4	57	17	288	2	.147

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1917	CIN	3	7	24	7	2	88.0	90	43	35	33	4.40
1918	CIN	9	5	21	18	0	142.1	130	45	48	26	2.85
1919	CIN	10	9	32	18	3	183.0	150	46	51	61	2.26
1920	CIN	17	16	42	33	1	266.2	268	105	92	73	3.54
1921	PHI	10	19	34	30	1	246.0	258	116	88	88	4.24
1922	PHI	12	18	40	33	1	249.1	292	127	103	116	4.58
1923	PHI	18	16	39	36	0	304.1	336	131	115	112	3.87
1924	PHI	10	12	32	31	0	215.1	236	95	108	72	3.97
1925	PHI	14	16	38	37	0	270.0	325	131	119	93	4.37
1926	NYG	11	10	39	23	2	183.1	207	93	74	76	4.57
1927	STL	0	4	13	3	0	33.0	39	24	17	13	6.55
1928	PHI	4	17	35	25	1	173.0	214	123	103	72	6.40
Career	—	118	149	389	294	11	2354.1	2545	1079	953	835	4.12

On this day & linked events

1895

Born February 15, 1895

Brooklyn, NY, USA

1965

Died July 6, 1965

1917

Major-league debut: Jimmy Ring

Jimmy Ring made a major-league debut on April 13, 1917.

1928

Final major-league game: Jimmy Ring

Jimmy Ring played a final major-league game on September 26, 1928.

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