Stubby Overmire Notable

b. May 16, 1919 · Detroit Tigers 1943–1949, St. Louis Browns 1950–1952, New York Yankees 1951

Stubby Overmire played for three clubs across 10 seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Detroit Tigers in 1943 and closing with the New York Yankees in 1951.

He went 58 and 67 with a 3.96 earned run average, pitching 1,130.7 innings in 266 games. He struck out 301, completed 50 of his 137 starts and threw 11 shutouts. Across 266 games he batted .161, with 54 hits and 19 runs. He finished with 7 doubles.

He was born in Moline, MI, USA on May 16, 1919, and died on March 3, 1977. He batted right-handed and threw left-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1943	DET	29	42	1	7	0	1	2	5	7	.167
1944	DET	32	63	4	11	3	1	8	6	8	.175
1945	DET	31	53	5	10	2	1	3	4	6	.189
1946	DET	24	33	4	5	0	0	3	2	2	.152
1947	DET	28	47	2	7	0	0	2	5	8	.149
1948	DET	37	14	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	.071
1949	DET	14	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	.333
1950	SLB	31	48	3	8	0	1	8	12	2	.167
1951	NYY/SLB	23	21	0	2	1	0	0	5	2	.095
1952	SLB	17	11	0	2	1	0	0	0	3	.182
Career	—	266	335	19	54	7	4	27	41	41	.161

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1943	DET	7	6	29	18	1	147.0	135	52	38	48	3.18
1944	DET	11	11	32	28	1	199.2	214	68	41	57	3.07
1945	DET	9	9	31	22	4	162.1	189	70	42	36	3.88
1946	DET	5	7	24	13	1	97.1	106	50	29	34	4.62
1947	DET	11	5	28	17	0	140.2	142	59	44	33	3.77
1948	DET	3	4	37	4	3	66.1	89	44	31	14	5.97
1949	DET	1	3	14	1	0	17.1	29	19	9	3	9.87
1950	SLB	9	12	31	19	0	161.0	200	75	45	39	4.19
1951	NYY/SLB	2	7	23	11	0	98.0	111	44	39	27	4.04
1952	SLB	0	3	17	4	0	41.0	44	17	7	10	3.73
Career	—	58	67	266	137	10	1130.2	1259	498	325	301	3.96

On this day & linked events

1919

Born May 16, 1919

Moline, MI, USA

1977

Died March 3, 1977

1943

Major-league debut: Stubby Overmire

Stubby Overmire made a major-league debut on April 25, 1943.

1952

Final major-league game: Stubby Overmire

Stubby Overmire played a final major-league game on August 3, 1952.

Image: Bowman Gum, public domain