Hugh Campbell (baseball)

Hugh Campbell (baseball)

Infobox MLB retired
name=Hugh Campbell
position=Pitcher


bats=Unknown
throws=Unknown
birthdate=1846 Ireland
deathdate=death date|1881|3|1|1846|0|00 city-state|Newark|New Jersey
debutdate=April 28
debutyear=by|1873
debutteam=Elizabeth Resolutes
finaldate=July 17
finalyear=by|1873
finalteam=Elizabeth Resolutes
stat1label=Win-Loss Record
stat1value=2-16
stat2label=Innings pitched
stat2value=165
stat3label=ERA
stat3value=2.84
teams=
*Elizabeth Resolutes (1873)

Hugh F. Campbell (1846 – March 1, 1881) was an Irish professional baseball player who pitched in just one season. He was a starting pitcher for the by|1873 Elizabeth Resolutes of the National Association.cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Pcamph101.htm|title=Hugh Campbell's career statistics|publisher=retrosheet.org|accessdate=2008-10-04] His younger brother, Mike Campbell, was the team's starting first baseman. He pitched much better than his 2-16 record would indicate. The Resolutes won 2, lost 21, and made 247 errors, an average of 10.7 per game, with Campbell himself making 21 of them.cite web|url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/RES/1873.shtml|title=Elizabeth Resolutes team page|publisher=baseball-reference.com|accessdate=2008-10-04] As a result, he gave up 213 runs in 165 innings pitched, but only 52 of them were earned runs. His ERA was 2.84, which was better than the league average, and was in fact sixth-best in the league.cite web|url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/campbhu01.shtml|title=Hugh Campbell's career statistics|publisher=baseball-reference.com|accessdate=2008-10-04] His two victories came against the Brooklyn Atlantics and the Boston Red Stockings.cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1873/VELI01873.htm|title=Elizabeth Resolutes game log|publisher=retrosheet.org|accessdate=2008-10-04]

Campbell died at the age of 34 in Newark, New Jersey of phthisis pulmonalis,cite web|url=http://www.thedeadballera.com/tooyoung.html|title=Too Young To Die|publisher=thedeadballera.com|accessdate=2008-10-04] and is interred at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in East Orange, New Jersey.

ee also

*List of players from Ireland in Major League Baseball

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Persondata
NAME = Campbell, Hugh
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Campbell, Hugh F.
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Major League Baseball player
DATE OF BIRTH = 1846
PLACE OF BIRTH = Ireland
DATE OF DEATH = March 1, 1881
PLACE OF DEATH = Newark, New Jersey


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