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Lefty George

Birthdate:

8/13/1886

Died:

5/13/1955

Height / Weight:

6' 0" / 155 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Bats / Throws:

L / L

Baseball Historian Biography

In his first major league season, Thomas George appeared in 27 games, completed 6-of-13 starts, while fashioning a 4.18 earned run average (ERA), pitched one shutout and allowed 136 hits in 116 1/3 innings. He was traded to Cleveland prior to the next season, 1912, where he had a 0-5 record.

Lefty George was an accomplished curve ball pitcher during baseball's dead ball era.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1911	SLB (AL)	27	13	4	9	0	6	1	116.1	136	81	54	3	51	0	23	0	9	1	4.18
1912	CLE (AL)	11	5	0	5	0	2	0	44.1	69	40	24	1	18	0	18	1	2	0	4.87
1915	CIN (NL)	5	3	2	2	0	2	1	28.0	24	12	12	1	8	0	11	0	5	0	3.86
1918	BSN (NL)	9	5	1	5	0	4	0	54.1	56	23	14	0	21	0	22	1	3	0	2.32
4 years		52	26	7	21	0	14	2	243.0	285	156	104	5	98	0	74	2	19	1	3.85

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1911	SLB (AL)	27	44	1	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.114	.152	SLG
1912	CLE (AL)	11	14	1	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.214	.267	SLG
1915	CIN (NL)	7	12	1	4	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	SLG
1918	BSN (NL)	10	22	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	.130	SLG
4 years		55	92	5	14	1	3	0	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	.152	.188	.SLG

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