Baseball player Joe McGinnity, New York Giants pitcher, standing on the field at West Side Grounds prior to game against Chicago Cubs 1908 Photo SUMMARY Informal full-length portrait of baseball pitcher Iron Man Joe McGinnity of the National League's New York Giants baseball team, standing on the field at West Side Grounds, located between West Polk Street, South Wolcott Avenue (formerly Lincoln Street), West Taylor Street, and South Wood Street in the Near West Side community area of Chicago, Illinois. A man wearing a suit is standing in the background, and another man wearing a suit is crouching in the background. NOTES This photonegative taken by a Chicago Daily News photographer may have been published in the newspaper. SDN-054372, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society. In 1901, Joe McGinnity became the first pitcher in this century to start both ends of a doubleheader, accomplishing this feat twice in one month while pitching with the Baltimore Orioles. Iron Man McGinnity won three doubleheaders in one month in 1903 while pitching for the New York Giants. As a fact, he averaged over 40 starts a year for eight straight seasons and won 218 games. He led the National League in wins three times. Iron Man McGinnity was still pitching in the minor leagues in 1925 at the age of 54. This Hall of Famer went 247-144 and his lifetime ERA was a mere 2.64 while pitching in 3,458 innings. |