Tim McCabe
McCabe with the Salt Lake City Bees, 1918
Pitcher
Born: (1894-10-19)October 19, 1894
Graniteville, Missouri
Died: April 12, 1977(1977-04-12) (aged 82)
Ironton, Missouri
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 16, 1915, for the St. Louis Browns
Last MLB appearance
July 27, 1918, for the St. Louis Browns
MLB statistics
Win–loss record5-1
Earned run average2.92
Strikeouts26
Teams

Timothy J. McCabe (October 19, 1894 – April 12, 1977) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who appeared for the St. Louis Browns over parts of the four seasons from 1915 through 1918, mostly in relief.

Early life and career

McCabe was born on October 19, 1894, in Graniteville, Missouri.[1] In the early 1910s, he pitched for local baseball clubs in the Iron County, Missouri area.[2] In August 1913, McCabe traveled to St. Louis to try out with the St. Louis Cardinals of the National League after being noticed by former pitcher Barney Pelty.[2] However, by September, scout Charly Barret would sign McCabe for the American League's St. Louis Browns for the 1914 season after McCabe struck out 23 hitters in an exhibition.[3]

McCabe was sent to the Burlington Pathfinders of the Central Association in 1914 to begin his professional career.[4] On September 10, he was transfer to the Browns,[5] six days after their season ended.[6]

He played with the Browns in spring training 1915, but was purchased by the Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League's Decatur Commodores in April.[7] On May 8, he threw a no hitter against the Moline Plowboys.[8]

Major and minor leagues

On August 16, 1915, McCabe made his debut for the Browns against the Chicago White Sox, striking out a batter in a scoreless appearance in the seventh inning.[9][10] He pitched in seven games in 1915 for St. Louis, including four starts, ending the year with four complete games, a shutout, and a 1.30 earned run average in 41.2 innings.[11] Following the end of the regular season, McCabe won the deciding game for the Browns in the St. Louis city title championship series against the Cardinals.[12]

McCabe worked exclusively in relief for the remainder of his major league career, appearing in 13 games in 1916 and one game in each 1917 and 1918.[1] In early August 1916, the Browns announced they had sent McCabe to the Nashville Volunteers in the Southern Association,[13] but he did not report to the club by August 13.[14] He later appeared in games for the Browns on August 24, September 15 and September 30.[15]

In February 1917, Browns' manager Fielder Jones expressed his desire for McCabe to start regularly for the club in the upcoming season.[16] However, in March, McCabe was diagnosed with appendicitis and missed spring training due to an operation.[17][18] He returned to the team on April 5,[19] but only appeared in one game on June 29, allowing six earned runs in 2.1 innings against the Detroit Tigers on June 29.[20] His contract was purchased by the Salt Lake City Bees in the Pacific Coast League on July 10,[21] but he returned home to rest for the remainder of the season.[22]

He again was transferred to Salt Lake City in January 1918 under an optional agreement, and won 28 games.[23][24] While with the Bees, he was ordered to find essential employment or be subjected to possible military service as part of the Selective Service Act of 1917 amid the United States' involvement in World War I.[25] After the Pacific Coast League season ended in mid-July, McCabe returned to the Browns.[26] McCabe pitched in a lone game against the Washington Senators on July 27, allowing two earned runs in 1.1 innings.[27]

McCabe was purchased by the Louisville Colonels of the American Association on March 1, 1919.[28] His preseason training was interrupted due to tonsillitis.[29] By July, he was pitching for a local club in Fredericktown, Missouri.[30] In 1920, he pitched with both the Charleston Palmettos of the South Atlantic League and the Joplin Miners of the Western League before he was purchased by the Rockford Rox of the Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League on June 15.[31][32]

Later career and death

McCabe continued playing and managing independent Missouri baseball clubs through the 1930s.[33][34][35][36][37]

He died on April 12, 1977, in Ironton, Missouri.[38]

References

  1. 1 2 "Tim McCabe at Baseball-Reference". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Tim McCabe St. Louis try out". Iron County Register. August 14, 1913. p. 5. Retrieved March 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Tim McCabe signs with Browns". Iron County Register. September 25, 1913. p. 5. Retrieved March 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Pelty Signs Youngster Petty for the Browns". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. July 25, 1914. p. 7. Retrieved March 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Burlington Sells Four". Evening Times-Republican. September 11, 1914. p. 9. Retrieved March 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "1914 St. Louis Browns Schedule at Baseball-Reference". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  7. ↑ "McCabe arrives". Herald & Review. April 13, 1915. p. 4. Retrieved March 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Tim McCabe Hurls First No Hit Game". Herald & Review. May 9, 1915. p. 7. Retrieved March 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Two Commies Break Into Big League". Herald & Review. August 17, 1915. p. 4. Retrieved March 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Chicago White Sox at St. Louis Browns Box Score, August 16, 1915". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  11. ↑ "1914 St. Louis Browns Schedule at Baseball-Reference". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Browns Win Title". The State. October 11, 1915. p. 7. Retrieved March 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "Sport notes". Herald & Review. August 7, 1916. p. 4. Retrieved March 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ Pigue, Bob (August 7, 1916). "Sporting Notes". Nashville Banner. p. 7. Retrieved March 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ↑ "Tim McCabe 1916 pitching game log at Baseball-Reference". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
  16. ↑ "To Start M'Cabe Regularly --- Jones". Herald & Review. February 13, 1917. p. 4. Retrieved March 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ↑ "M'Cabe's Pitching Career in Danger". The Daily Review. March 3, 1917. p. 5. Retrieved March 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ↑ "Tim McCabe Operated On". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. March 4, 1917. p. 31. Retrieved March 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ↑ "M'Cabe and Pennington Are Again on the Job". St. Louis Star-Times. April 6, 1917. p. 8. Retrieved March 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ↑ "Tim McCabe 1917 pitching game log at Baseball-Reference". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
  21. ↑ "Saints Get New Right-hand Flinger From the Browns". The Salt Lake Tribune. July 11, 1917. p. 10. Retrieved March 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  22. ↑ "Pitchers Sent Home". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. July 22, 1917. p. 9. Retrieved March 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  23. ↑ "St. Louis Players Released to Minors". Scranton Tribune. January 21, 1918. p. 12. Retrieved March 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  24. ↑ "Louisville Team Captures Pitcher Timothy McCabe". Fort Worth Record-Telegram. March 6, 1919. p. 12. Retrieved March 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  25. ↑ "Many Bees Must Work or Enter Service". Salt Lake Telegram. July 11, 1918. p. 1. Retrieved March 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  26. ↑ "Bees Scatter to All Parts of the U.S.A." The Salt Lake Herald-Republican. July 16, 1918. p. 8. Retrieved March 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  27. ↑ "Tim McCabe 1918 pitching game log at Baseball-Reference". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
  28. ↑ "Colonels Buy a Pitcher". Star Tribune. March 2, 1919. p. 27. Retrieved March 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  29. ↑ "May Not Make Trip". The Courier-Journal. April 4, 1919. p. 27. Retrieved March 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  30. ↑ "Flat River baseball team to play the local team". The Democrat-News. July 17, 1919. p. 1. Retrieved March 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  31. ↑ "Hornets Look Natural With Marshall". The Charlotte Observer. May 11, 1920. p. 11. Retrieved March 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  32. ↑ "Rocks purchase Western hurler". The Dispatch. June 15, 1920. p. 10. Retrieved March 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  33. ↑ "Tim McCabe and his band of Arcadia Valley ball tossers". Iron County Register. April 28, 1921. p. 3. Retrieved March 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  34. ↑ "Sox win 7 to 6 in 10th inning". Perry County Republican. May 26, 1921. p. 6. Retrieved March 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  35. ↑ "Piedmont Loses to Polar Bluff Sunday in Fast Game, 8 to 2". Wayne County Journal and The Piedmont Weekly Banner. June 28, 1923. p. 1. Retrieved March 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  36. ↑ "Tim McCabe Wants to Play with Ellington". The Ellington Press. June 18, 1925. p. 1. Retrieved March 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  37. ↑ "Tim McCabe Wants to Play with Ellington". Daily Journal. July 28, 1938. p. 1. Retrieved March 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  38. ↑ "Former Browns Hurler McCabe Dead at 82". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. April 14, 1977. p. 42. Retrieved March 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.