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Sherry Magee

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b. August 6, 1884 · Philadelphia Phillies 1904–1914, Boston Braves 1915–1917, Cincinnati Reds 1917–1919

In 1910 he hit .331 with 123 runs batted in and 110 runs, leading the league in all three, and he led it in runs batted in again in 1907, 1914 and 1918. Sixteen seasons gave him 2,169 hits, 425 doubles, 166 triples, 441 stolen bases and a .291 average.

In July 1911 he was called out on strikes, argued, and punched the umpire hard enough to knock him unconscious. He was suspended for the rest of the season, which was reduced to thirty-six days, and the incident followed him.

He became an umpire himself in the National League in 1928, the only man to have been suspended for hitting one and then to have worked as one. He died of pneumonia in March 1929, at forty-four. Eight writers' ballots and two committees have given him no more than three votes.

Honors

AwardTimesYears
Baseball Magazine All-Star 3 1910, 1912, 1914

Batting, season by season

YearTeam GABR H2B3B HRRBIBB SOSBAVG
1904 PHI 9536451101 15123 57142311 .277
1905 PHI 155603100180 24175 98445848 .299
1906 PHI 15456377159 3686 67525955 .282
1907 PHI 14050375165 28124 85532946 .328
1908 PHI 14350879144 30162 57496040 .283
1909 PHI 14352260141 33142 66433638 .270
1910 PHI 154519110172 39176 123943649 .331
1911 PHI 12144579128 32515 94493322 .288
1912 PHI 13246479142 2596 66555430 .306
1913 PHI 13847092144 36611 70383623 .306
1914 PHI 14654496171 391115 103554225 .314
1915 BSN 15657172160 34122 87543915 .280
1916 BSN 12241944101 1753 54445210 .241
1917 BSN/CIN 11738341107 1681 52293011 .279
1918 CIN 11540046119 15132 76371814 .297
1919 CIN 561631135 610 2126194 .215
Career 2087744111122169 42516683 1176736624441 .291

On this day & linked events

1884

Born August 6, 1884

Clarendon, PA, USA

1929

Died March 13, 1929

1904

Major-league debut: Sherry Magee

Sherry Magee made a major-league debut on June 29, 1904.

1919

Final major-league game: Sherry Magee

Sherry Magee played a final major-league game on September 27, 1919.

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