King Cole Notable

b. April 15, 1886 · Chicago Cubs 1909–1912, Pittsburgh Pirates 1912, New York Yankees 1914–1915

King Cole played for three clubs across seven seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Chicago Cubs in 1909 and closing with the New York Yankees in 1915.

He went 56 and 27 with a 3.12 earned run average, pitching 730.7 innings in 129 games. He struck out 298, completed 47 of his 85 starts and threw 9 shutouts. Across 130 games he batted .173, with 43 hits and 17 runs. He finished with 5 doubles and 2 stolen bases.

He was born in Toledo, IA, USA on April 15, 1886, and died on January 6, 1916. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
Baseball Magazine All-Star	1	1910

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1909	CHC	1	4	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.750
1910	CHC	34	91	7	21	2	1	9	3	25	1	.231
1911	CHC	32	79	7	12	1	1	0	1	23	1	.152
1912	CHC/PIT	20	20	2	4	1	0	5	1	6	0	.200
1914	NYY	33	42	0	2	1	0	2	1	20	0	.048
1915	NYY	10	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	6	0	.077
Career	—	130	249	17	43	5	3	16	7	80	2	.173

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1909	CHC	1	0	1	1	0	9.0	6	0	3	1	0.00
1910	CHC	20	4	33	29	1	239.2	174	48	130	114	1.80
1911	CHC	18	7	32	27	0	221.1	188	77	99	101	3.13
1912	CHC/PIT	3	4	20	7	0	68.0	97	58	26	20	7.68
1914	NYY	11	9	33	15	0	141.2	151	52	51	43	3.30
1915	NYY	3	3	10	6	1	51.0	41	18	22	19	3.18
Career	—	56	27	129	85	2	730.2	657	253	331	298	3.12

On this day & linked events

1886

Born April 15, 1886

Toledo, IA, USA

1916

Died January 6, 1916

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