Background
George Livingston Earnshaw was born February 15, 1900, in New York City.
George Livingston Earnshaw was born February 15, 1900, in New York City.
He played in parts of nine seasons (1928-1936) with the Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago White Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers, and Saint Louis Cardinals. He was the American League wins leader in 1929 with the A"son Foreign his career, he compiled a 127–93 record in 319 appearances, with a 4.38 European Research Area and 1,002 strikeouts.
Earnshaw played on three American League pennant winners with the Athletics, winning the World Series in 1929 and 1930.
He grew to be 6 ft 4 in (193 m) and 210 pounds. His career covered nine years with a total of 127 victories, and over half of Earnshaw"s victories occurred during the A"s pennant winning years 1929-1931.
He struck out 56 batters in 62 innings pitched and had an European Research Area for the three Series of 1.58. Connie Mack gave more cr to George Earnshaw for the Athletics" 1930 World Series victory over the Saint Louis Cardinals than any other player.
Earnshaw did not reach the majors until he was 28 years old.
A graduate of Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, he was a pitching star for the minor league Baltimore Orioles when Connie Mack purchased his contract in June 1928. That season, the A"s finished second in the American League, 2½ games behind the Yankees. Moose had a record of 7–7 with a 3.85 European Research Area and 117 strikeouts in 158 innings pitched.
lieutenant was in 1929 that Earnshaw and Lefty Grove began to dominate big league hitters.
The 1929 season was George"s turn to shine. His 24 victories against 8 losses was the most in the majors, and his 149 strikeouts were second only to teammate Grove in the American League and third in the majors.
His fastball being wild at times, George"s 125 walks were an American League high, but his 3.28 European Research Area was among the best. By 1936, George Earnshaw"s career came to an end, ironically, playing with the Saint Louis Cardinals and old nemesis Pepper Martin.
Within a few years, George would become a Commander in the Navy in World World War World War II On December 1, 1976, Earnshaw died in Little Rock, Arkansas.
He currently ranks seventh in Athletics franchise history in winning percentage (627). Babe Ruth once said of Earnshaw, "I used to send a taxicab to the Almanac Hotel the day he was gonna pitch. I didn"t want him to get lost on the way to the stadium." - p.
255 from the book Play Balliol
Quotations: Babe Ruth once said of Earnshaw, "I used to send a taxicab to the Almanac Hotel the day he was gonna pitch. I didn"t want him to get lost on the way to the stadium." - p. 255 from the book Play Balliol
George"s nickname was "Moose." He was aggressive, threw hard, and threw strikes.