Joe McGinnity of the New York Giants at the West Side Grounds in 1905.

Joseph Jerome McGinnity (March 19, 1871 - November 14, 1929) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball at the turn of the 20th century. After his major league career ended, he pitched in the minor leagues, eventually bowing out of baseball for good at the age of 54, having amassed nearly 500 wins as a professional ballplayer. Joe McGinnity of the New York Giants at the West Side Grounds in 1905. ... Joe McGinnity of the New York Giants at the West Side Grounds in 1905. ... The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California. ... The West Side Grounds was a baseball stadium that formerly stood at South Wood St. ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 47 days remaining. ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... A baseball pitcher delivers the ball to home plate In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws the baseball from the pitchers mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter who attempts to either make contact with it or draw a... MLB logo Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in the world. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... A Class A California League game in San Jose, California (1994) Minor baseball leagues are North American professional baseball leagues that compete at a level below that of Major League Baseball. ... In baseball, a pitcher is credited with a win (or W) when, in a game won by his team, he is the teams pitcher at the time that his team takes a lead that it does not relinquish for the remainder of the game. ...

McGinnity had a brief but effective big league career. In his first year in the majors in 1899, he went 28-16 with the Baltimore Orioles with a 2.68 ERA. McGinnity bounced around with several teams, including the Brooklyn Superbas (1900) and the American League's Baltimore Orioles (1901 - 1902), before settling in with the New York Giants at the end of the 1902 season. His success wasn't affected by the constant shifts, however, as he posted a 28-8 record for Brooklyn in 1900 and led them to the National League pennant. His best personal year came in 1904, when he went 35-8 with 144 strikeouts and a 1.61 ERA. In 1905, he won his second National League pennant and first and only World Series championship. He left major league ball after the 1908 season, after 10 years, having amassed 246 wins, 142 losses, 1068 strikeouts and a 2.66 ERA. As a batter, McGinnity had 1297 at-bats, hitting a respectable (for a pitcher) .194, although never hitting a home run. See also: 1898 in sports, 1900 in sports and the list of years in sports. Boat race Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Cambridge Cricket County Cricket Championship - Surrey The Ashes - Australia beat England 1–0 Cycling Bordeaux - Paris road race won by Constant Huret Football (Australian Rules) Victorian Football League... The Baltimore Orioles were a 19th century American Association and National League team from 1882 to 1899. ... In baseball statistics, earned run average (ERA) is the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched. ... Brooklyn Dodgers redirects here. ... See also: 1899 in sports, 1901 in sports and the list of years in sports. General sporting events 1900 Summer Olympics takes place in Paris, France The Olympic status of the games was very underplayed - many competitors did not realise that they had participated in the modern Olympics. ... The American League (or formally the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States of America and Canada. ... The New York Yankees are a Major League baseball team based in The Bronx, New York City. ... See also: 1900 in sports, 1902 in sports and the list of years in sports. Baseball The American and National Leagues agree to peacefully coexist and organise a World Series between their champions, which would be first held in 1903. ... See also: 1901 in sports, 1903 in sports and the list of years in sports. American Football January 1 - The first Rose Bowl game is played in Pasadena, California December 28 - The first indoor professional American football game is played in New York City at Madison Square Garden. ... The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California. ... This article refers to the American baseball league. ... See also: 1903 in sports, 1905 in sports and the list of years in sports. Baseball May 5: Boston Americans ace Cy Young pitched the second of his three no-hitters, a 3-0 perfect game against the Philadelphia Athletics and pitcher Rube Waddell (the final batter he faced). ... In baseball, a strikeout or strike out (denoted by K, K-S, or SO) occurs when the batter receives three strikes during his time at bat. ... See also: 1904 in sports, 1906 in sports and the Sports timeline. ... The 1905 World Series matched the New York Giants against the Philadelphia Athletics, with the Giants winning 4 games to 1. ... See also: 1907 in sports, other events of 1908, 1909 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Baseball The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, four games to one, in the World Series. ...

McGinnity was perhaps best known for starting both ends of a doubleheader in 1903, a feat which he did three times in a single month. This won him the nickname "Iron Man". He won all six games. Doubleheader is the term used to describe two baseball games played between the same two teams on the same day. ... See also: 1902 in sports, 1904 in sports and the list of years in sports. Cycling First Tour de France won by Maurice Garin Football (Australian Rules) Victorian Football League Collingwood wins the 7th VFL Premiership (Collingwood 4. ... A nickname is a short, clever, cute, derogatory, or otherwise substitute name for a person or things real name (for example, Tom is short for Thomas). ...

McGinnity was elected posthumously to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1946. The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, located at 25 Main Street in Cooperstown, New York, United States, is a semi-official museum operated by private interests that serves as the central point for the study of the history of baseball in North America, the display of baseball-related...

Joe "Iron Man" McGinnity is interred in Oak Hill Memorial Park in McAlester, Oklahoma.

External links

• Baseball Hall of Fame
• Baseball-Reference.com - career statistics and analysis