- Joe Giard
Infobox MLB retired
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name=Joe Giard
caption=
position=Pitcher
bats=Left
throws=Left
birthdate=October 7 ,1898
deathdate=death date and age|1956|7|10|1898|10|7
debutdate=April 18
debutyear=by|1925
debutteam=St. Louis Browns
finaldate=September 25
finalyear=by|1927
finalteam=New York Yankees
stat1label=W
stat1value=13
stat2label=L
stat2value=15
stat3label=ERA
stat3value=5.96
teams=
*St. Louis Browns (by|1925-by|1926)
*New York Yankees (by|1927)
highlights=Joseph Oscar Giard (
October 7 ,1898 -July 10 ,1956 ) was an American major leaguebaseball player.Born in Ware,
Massachusetts , Giard played two seasons for the St. Louis Browns before being traded (along withoutfielder Cedric Durst ) for pitcherSad Sam Jones in February 1927; [cite book |last=Gallagher |first=Mark |authorlink=Mark Gallagher |title=The Yankee Encyclopedia |publisher=Sports Publishing LLC |date=2003 |pages=115-116 |isbn=1582616833] Giard was therefore a member of the1927 New York Yankees , [cite book |last=Anderson |first=Dave |authorlink=Dave Anderson (sportswriter) |title=The New York Yankees Illustrated History |publisher=St. Martin's Press |date=2002 |pages=36 |isbn=0312290942] a team often considered the greatest ever. [cite book |last=Stout |first=Glenn |authorlink=Glenn Stout |title=Yankees Century: 100 Years of New York Yankees Baseball |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Books |date=2002 |pages=115 |isbn=0618085270] [cite book |last=Mosedale |first=John |authorlink=John Mosedale |title=The Greatest of All: The 1927 New York Yankees |publisher=Dial Press |date=1974 |pages= |isbn=0803732155] He pitched 27inning s in 16 games for the Yankees that year, with an ERA of 8.00.Giard died in
Worcester, Massachusetts on July 10, 1956.References
External links
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/giardjo01.shtml Joe Giard at Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=giardjo01 Joe Giard at Baseball Almanac]
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