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Art Nehf

Birthdate:

7/31/1892

Died:

12/18/1960

Height / Weight:

' " / 176 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Terre Haute, IN, USA

Bats / Throws:

L / L

Baseball Historian Biography

A star left-handed pitcher with the Boston Braves Art Nehf posted a sterling 17-8 record in his third major league season, 1917. After going 15-15 in 1918 and with an 8-9 mark at the end of July the next year he was traded to the New York Giants for 4 players.

The New York Giants under hard-line manager John McGraw were in a battle for the pennant at the end of July 1919 and received standout Art Nehf in a trade. They had won the NL pennant in 1917 but even though Nehf went 9-2 in August and September, the Giants finished in second place. However Art Neft played a major role in the Giants winning four consecutive NL pennants, 1921-24. After going 21-12 for NY in 1920, Nehf posted records of 20-10, 19-13 13-10 and 14-4.

In the 1921 World Series Art Nehf started and completed three games, going 1-2 with a shutout win, and losing two by the score of 3-0. The Giants beat the Yankees 5 games to 3 in an 8-game Series. In 1922 he started Game 1 without gaining a decision, and pitched a complete win in the final Game 5 winning 5-3 to help the Giants sweep.

In 1923 Art Nehf was 1-1 in a World Series in which the Yankees won in 6 games. In 1924 he won Game 1 4-3 over Washington then lost Game 6 2-1. The Senators won the Series in 7 games.

1922 Art Nehf Photo from Chicago Daily News Collection

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1915	BSN (NL)	12	10	5	4	0	6	4	78.1	60	29	22	0	21	0	39	3	3	0	2.53
1916	BSN (NL)	22	12	7	5	0	6	1	121.0	110	40	27	1	20	0	36	2	3	0	2.01
1917	BSN (NL)	38	23	17	8	0	17	5	233.1	197	78	56	4	39	0	101	5	4	1	2.16
1918	BSN (NL)	32	31	15	15	0	28	2	284.1	274	107	85	2	76	0	96	4	6	1	2.69
1919	BSN (NL)	22	19	8	9	0	13	1	168.2	151	66	58	6	40	0	53	2	6	0	3.09
1919	NYG (NL)	13	12	9	2	0	9	2	102.0	70	23	17	2	19	0	24	0	2	0	1.50
1920	NYG (NL)	40	33	21	12	0	22	4	280.2	273	113	96	8	45	0	79	3	1	1	3.08
1921	NYG (NL)	41	34	20	10	1	18	2	260.2	266	116	105	18	55	0	67	5	2	0	3.63
1922	NYG (NL)	37	35	19	13	1	20	2	268.1	286	122	98	15	64	0	60	0	4	0	3.29
1923	NYG (NL)	34	27	13	10	2	7	1	196.0	219	112	98	14	49	0	50	4	2	0	4.50
1924	NYG (NL)	30	20	14	4	2	11	0	171.2	167	75	69	14	42	0	72	1	2	0	3.62
1925	NYG (NL)	29	20	11	9	1	8	1	155.0	193	86	65	7	50	0	63	1	1	0	3.77
1926	CIN (NL)	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	17.0	25	10	7	0	5	0	4	0	1	0	3.71
1926	NYG (NL)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10.80
1927	CIN (NL)	21	5	3	5	4	1	0	45.1	59	33	28	2	14	0	21	2	0	0	5.56
1927	CHC (NL)	8	2	1	1	1	2	1	26.1	25	5	4	0	9	0	12	0	0	0	1.37
1928	CHC (NL)	31	21	13	7	0	10	2	176.2	190	62	52	3	52	0	40	1	1	0	2.65
1929	CHC (NL)	32	15	8	5	1	4	0	120.2	148	85	75	11	39	0	27	1	2	0	5.59
18 years		451	319	184	120	13	182	28	2707.2	2715	1164	964	107	640	0	844	34	40	3	3.20

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1915	BSN (NL)	12	28	1	4	0	0	0	6	1	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	.143	.172	SLG
1916	BSN (NL)	23	40	4	5	1	0	0	0	3	12	2	0	0	1	0	0	.125	.205	SLG
1917	BSN (NL)	38	70	8	12	3	2	0	2	13	13	1	0	0	1	3	0	.171	.310	SLG
1918	BSN (NL)	35	95	8	16	3	0	0	3	14	19	0	0	0	0	6	0	.168	.275	SLG
1919	NYG (NL)	13	35	5	8	6	0	1	5	2	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	.229	.270	SLG
1919	BSN (NL)	23	63	6	13	2	2	0	3	3	11	0	0	0	1	1	0	.206	.254	SLG
1920	NYG (NL)	40	97	11	26	4	0	0	4	7	10	2	1	0	0	4	0	.268	.317	SLG
1921	NYG (NL)	42	89	9	18	2	0	0	5	7	10	0	0	0	0	8	0	.202	.260	SLG
1922	NYG (NL)	37	98	9	25	0	0	1	11	6	7	0	2	0	0	4	0	.255	.298	SLG
1923	NYG (NL)	34	63	5	12	2	0	0	8	6	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	.190	.282	SLG
1924	NYG (NL)	33	57	11	13	1	0	5	13	6	4	1	0	0	0	4	0	.228	.302	SLG
1925	NYG (NL)	33	51	5	11	1	0	0	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	.216	.286	SLG
1926	NYG (NL)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1926	CIN (NL)	7	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	SLG
1927	CHC (NL)	8	7	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.429	SLG
1927	CIN (NL)	21	13	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.77	.143	SLG
1928	CHC (NL)	31	58	4	11	0	1	1	3	7	8	0	0	0	0	5	0	.190	.277	SLG
1929	CHC (NL)	32	45	3	13	3	0	0	5	5	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.289	.360	SLG
18 years		464	915	90	192	29	5	8	76	86	122	7	3	0	5	41	0	.210	.281	.SLG

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