Herb Pennock

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Contents 1 Overall Career 2 Moment in the Sun 3 Quotes 4 Trivia 5 Transactions 6 External Links

Overall Career

Herbert Jefferis Pennock was born on February 10, 1894, in Kennett Square, PA and died on January 30, 1948, in New York, NY. Pennock was 18 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 14, 1912, with the Philadelphia Athletics. The left-handed pitcher played for the Philadelphia Athletics (1912-1915), Boston Red Sox (1915-1922, 1934), and New York Yankees (1923-1933).

Herb Pennock pitched for three American League dynasties: Connie Mack's 1913-1914 A's, the 1910s Red Sox, and the Yankees of the 1920s and early 1930s. His teams won three World Championships and he was a perfect 5-0 in the World Series, with a 1.95 ERA and one save. He pitched until he was 40 years old, recording a 240-162 record.

After his playing days, he was the general manager of the Phillies in the mid-1940s. Pennock was inducted into to Hall of Fame by Baseball Writers in 1948.

Moment in the Sun

• Traded to the Yankees in 1923, Pennock went 5-0 in World Series competition for New York.

Quotes

• "Herb Pennock is the greatest lefthander in the history of baseball." ~ Yankees manager Miller Huggins
• "I am going to pitch Pennock in spots this season -- the tough ones." ~ Joe McCarthy

Trivia

• In 1928 he tried unsuccessfully to treat his sore arm with "bee-sting therapy," during which a swarm of bees was allowed to sting his pitching arm

Transactions

• May, 1912: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Athletics.

• June 6, 1915: Selected off waivers by the Boston Red Sox from the Philadelphia Athletics.

• January 30, 1923: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for Camp Skinner, Norm McMillan, George Murray, and $50,000.

• January 5, 1934: Released by the New York Yankees.

• January 20, 1934: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

External Links

• Baseball-Reference.com - Career Statistics and Analysis
• Herb Pennock: Hall of Fame Page