Vean Gregg

Vean Gregg

Infobox MLB retired
name=Vean Gregg
position=Pitcher


bgcolor1=#023465
bgcolor2=#990000
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
birthdate=April 13, 1885
city-state|Chehalis|Washington
deathdate=death date and age|1964|7|29|1885|4|13
city-state|Aberdeen|Washington
bats=Right
throws=Left
debutdate=April 12
debutyear=1911
debutteam=Cleveland Naps
finaldate=August 25
finalyear=1925
finalteam=Washington Senators
stat1label=Pitching Record
stat2label=Earned run average
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat1value=92-63
stat2value=2.70
stat3value=720
teams=
*Cleveland Naps (1911-1914)
*Boston Red Sox (1914-1916)
*Philadelphia Athletics (1918)
*Washington Senators (1925)
highlights=
*World Series champion: 1915, 1916
*American League ERA champion: 1911
*three 20-win seasons
*1 sub-2.00 ERA season

"Vean Gregg" (Sylveanus Augustus Gregg) was born April 13, 1885, in Chehalis, Washington. For three years, the left-hander was one of the most dominant pitchers in the major leagues.

He started his professional career in Portland, Oregon in by|1910 with the Pacific Coast League. He threw 14 shutouts.

The next year, he played for the Cleveland Naps, going 23-7 with a league leading 1.80 ERA. In 1912 and 1913, he started 34 games both years with an identical 20-13 record each season.

Gregg was traded to the Boston Red Sox in mid-1914. He played for them on both the by|1915 and by|1916 World Series championship teams. He developed a sore arm in 1914 and had continual arm problems for the rest of his career.

In December 1917, Connie Mack acquired Gregg for the Philadelphia Athletics. He went 9–14 in 30 games in 1918 with a respectable 3.12 ERA for the last-place Athletics. Gregg did not play baseball at any level from 1919-1921.

He returned to the Pacific Coast League in Seattle, Washington in 1922 and played there until 1924. In by|1925, he signed with the Washington Senators and went 2–2 with two saves after a 6 year absence from major league baseball.

Gregg's major league career record is 92–63 with a lifetime 2.70 ERA in 1,393 innings pitched and 720 strikeouts. He was the only pitcher in the 20th century to win 20 games or more in his first 3 seasons. His brother, Dave, pitched 1 inning in 1913 as Vean's teammate for the Cleveland Naps.

Vean Gregg died on July 29, 1964 in Aberdeen, Washington.

ee also

* List of Major League Baseball ERA champions

External links

*baseball-reference|id=g/greggve01
* [http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=717&pid=5459 Dave Gregg Biography]


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