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Denny Driscoll Pitcher Born: November 19, 1855
Lowell, MassachusettsDied: July 11, 1886 (aged 30)
Lowell, MassachusettsBatted: Left Threw: Left MLB debut July 1, 1880 for the Buffalo Bisons Last MLB appearance June 28, 1884 for the Louisville Eclipse Career statistics Win-loss record 38–39 Earned run average 3.08 Strikeouts 171 Teams Career highlights and awards - American Association ERA champion: 1882
John F. "Denny" Driscoll (November 19, 1855 – July 11, 1886) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher from 1880 to 1884. Driscoll played for the Buffalo Bisons, Pittsburgh Alleghenys, and Louisville Eclipse.[1] While playing for Pittsburgh, he led the American Association in earned run average in 1882, at 1.21. He went 13-9 that season.
Driscoll died in his hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts at the age of 30 of consumption (tuberculosis).[2] He is interred at St. Patrick Cemetery.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Denny Driscoll's career statistics". retrosheet.org. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/D/Pdrisd101.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-13.
- ^ "Too Young To Die". thedeadballera.com. http://www.thedeadballera.com/tooyoung.html. Retrieved 2009-01-13.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Pittsburg Alleghenys 1882 Inaugural Season Roster (American Association) Catcher / Infield / Outfield C Jim Keenan | C Rudy Kemmler | C Billy Taylor | IF Joe Battin | IF Jake Goodman | IF Chappy Lane | IF Jack Leary IF John Peters | IF George Strief | OF Mike Mansell | OF Russ McKelvy | OF Bill Morgan | OF Charlie Morton | OF Ed Swartwood | OF Ren WyliePitchers Manager Categories:- 1855 births
- 1886 deaths
- 19th-century baseball players
- Baseball players from Massachusetts
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Buffalo Bisons players
- Pittsburgh Alleghenys players
- Louisville Colonels players
- People from Lowell, Massachusetts
- Deaths from tuberculosis
- Albany (minor league baseball) players
- New York Metropolitans (minor league) players
- Philadelphia Athletics (minor league) players
- Brooklyn Atlantics (minor league) players
- Newark Domestics players
- Binghamton Crickets players
- American baseball pitcher, 1850s births stubs
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