If you want a lot of quality innings, you can’t get much better than Joe “Iron Man” McGinnity. Sent in by APBA Blog writer, Scott Fennessy who blogs incessantly about his deadball replays, this 1903 card is not so much about the pitching grade but also the playing time behind it.
In 1903, Joe McGinnity started 48 games and completed 44 of them. He ended up with a total of 434 innings for the New York Giants.
| Year | Tm | W | L | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | BB | SO | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903 | NYG | 31 | 20 | .608 | 2.43 | 55 | 48 | 44 | 3 | 2 | 434.0 | 391 | 109 | 171 |
Needless to say, those were quality innings. McGinnity ended up with a 31-20 record and a nice 2.34 ERA. He only gave up four homers that year and had a 2.3 BB/9 IP rate (actually, one the highest of his career).
On top of all that, Iron Man’s hitting card isn’t too horrible either at 0-7-7-8-8-8-8-9-9.
A fact about Joe McGinnity I did not know: he hit 40 batters in 1900, his second year in baseball. That ranks 4th all-time and is the highest since 1900.
thanks Scott!
One other thing, why is Bob Gibson graded and A&C, and not an A&B for his amazing 1968 season. How much better can a guy pitch.