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McGinnity served as player-manager of the Danville Veterans of the Class-B Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League in the 1922 season and Dubuque Climbers of the Class-D Mississippi Valley League during the 1923 season. With Dubuque, McGinnity won 15 games at age 52. One of those wins was a shutout, pitched in a record one hour and seven minutes. Two years later, he returned to play for Dubuque[62] and Springfield Senators of the Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League during the 1925 season. | McGinnity served as player-manager of the Danville Veterans of the Class-B Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League in the 1922 season and Dubuque Climbers of the Class-D Mississippi Valley League during the 1923 season. With Dubuque, McGinnity won 15 games at age 52. One of those wins was a shutout, pitched in a record one hour and seven minutes. Two years later, he returned to play for Dubuque[62] and Springfield Senators of the Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League during the 1925 season. | ||
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MCGINNITY, Joe. (Cornwall, Township IL, March 20, 1871 – Brooklyn, NY, November 14, 1929) was an American right-handed pitcher in major league baseball in the late 19th and early 20th century. McGinnity played in for ten years, pitching for the National League's Baltimore Orioles (1899) and Brooklyn Superbas (1900), before jumping to the American League to play for the Baltimore Orioles (AL) (1901–1902). He returned to the National League with the New York Giants (1902–1908). McGinnity continued to pitch in the minor leagues, eventually retiring from baseball for good at the age of 54.
In major league baseball, he won 246 games with a 2.66 earned run average (ERA). He had seven 20-win seasons and two 30-win seasons. Including his time in the minor leagues, McGinnity won close to 500 games as a professional ballplayer. He led major league baseball in wins five times (1899, 1900, 1903, 1904, and 1906) and ERA once (1904). With the Giants, he won the 1905 World Series. His teams also won National League pennants in 1900 and 1904.
McGinnity was nicknamed "Iron Man" because he worked in an iron foundry during the baseball off seasons. His nickname came to suggest his longevity and durability, as he routinely pitched in both games of doubleheaders. He set National League records for complete games (48) and innings pitched (434) in a single season, which still stand. The Veterans Committee elected him to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946.
McGinnity served as player-manager of the Danville Veterans of the Class-B Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League in the 1922 season and Dubuque Climbers of the Class-D Mississippi Valley League during the 1923 season. With Dubuque, McGinnity won 15 games at age 52. One of those wins was a shutout, pitched in a record one hour and seven minutes. Two years later, he returned to play for Dubuque[62] and Springfield Senators of the Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League during the 1925 season.