Jack Quinn
Born: 7/1/1883 in Stefurov, Austria-Hungary
Died: 4/17/1946 in Pottsville, PA, USA
MLB Debut: 1909-04-15 | Final Game: 1933-07-07
Bats: R | Throws: R | Height: 6'0" | Weight: 196 lbs
Full name: John Picus Quinn
Biography
Jack Quinn was a notable pitcher in Major League Baseball, whose career spanned from 1909 to 1933. Born in 1883, Quinn established himself as a formidable presence on the mound during a time when the game was transitioning from the deadball era to a more offensive style of play. He finished his career with a win-loss record of 247-218 and an earned run average (ERA) of 3.29, showcasing his ability to both start and relieve effectively. Over his 24-year career, he recorded 1,329 strikeouts and notched 57 saves, contributing significantly to his teams' successes throughout the 1910s, 1920s, and early 1930s.
Quinn's longevity and durability were hallmarks of his playing style, as he adapted to the evolving nature of the game while remaining a reliable option for his managers. His impact was felt in pivotal moments, often stepping up in critical situations, which is reflected in his impressive save total. Known for his competitive spirit and work ethic, Jack Quinn remains an important figure in baseball history, exemplifying the dedication and skill of pitchers from his era. His contributions to the sport are still remembered today, as he played a key role in shaping the pitching landscape of early 20th-century baseball.
Career Pitching Statistics
| W | L | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | SO | ERA | Pitcher PIV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 247 | 218 | 756 | 444 | 243 | 28 | 57 | 3920.3 | 4238 | 1433 | 102 | 860 | 1329 | 3.29 | 0 |
Season-by-Season Pitching
| Year | Team | Lg | W | L | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA | Pitcher PIV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 | NYY | AL | 9 | 5 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 118.7 | 110 | 26 | 24 | 36 | 1.97 | - |
| 1910 | NYY | AL | 18 | 12 | 35 | 31 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 235.7 | 214 | 62 | 58 | 82 | 2.37 | - |
| 1911 | NYY | AL | 8 | 10 | 40 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 174.7 | 203 | 73 | 41 | 71 | 3.76 | - |
| 1912 | NYY | AL | 5 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 102.7 | 139 | 66 | 23 | 47 | 5.79 | - |
| 1913 | BSN | NL | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 56.3 | 55 | 15 | 7 | 33 | 2.40 | 1459.9 |
| 1914 | BLF | FL | 26 | 14 | 46 | 42 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 342.7 | 335 | 99 | 65 | 164 | 2.60 | 6256.4 |
| 1915 | BLF | FL | 9 | 22 | 44 | 31 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 273.7 | 289 | 105 | 63 | 118 | 3.45 | 1085.3 |
| 1918 | CHW | AL | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 38 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 2.29 | - |
| 1919 | NYY | AL | 15 | 14 | 38 | 31 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 266.0 | 242 | 77 | 65 | 97 | 2.61 | - |
| 1920 | NYY | AL | 18 | 10 | 41 | 32 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 253.3 | 271 | 90 | 48 | 101 | 3.20 | - |
| 1921 | NYY | AL | 8 | 7 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 119.0 | 158 | 50 | 32 | 44 | 3.78 | - |
| 1922 | BOS | AL | 13 | 16 | 40 | 32 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 256.0 | 263 | 99 | 59 | 67 | 3.48 | 2664.7 |
| 1923 | BOS | AL | 13 | 17 | 42 | 28 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 243.0 | 302 | 105 | 53 | 71 | 3.89 | 3773.2 |
| 1924 | BOS | AL | 12 | 13 | 44 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 228.7 | 241 | 83 | 52 | 64 | 3.27 | 948.4 |
| 1925 | BOS | AL | 7 | 8 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 105.0 | 140 | 51 | 26 | 24 | 4.37 | 1279.0 |
| 1925 | PHA | AL | 6 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 99.7 | 119 | 43 | 16 | 19 | 3.88 | 1622.3 |
| 1926 | PHA | AL | 10 | 11 | 31 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 163.7 | 191 | 62 | 36 | 58 | 3.41 | 2814.2 |
| 1927 | PHA | AL | 15 | 10 | 34 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 201.3 | 211 | 73 | 37 | 43 | 3.26 | 1563.8 |
| 1928 | PHA | AL | 18 | 7 | 31 | 28 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 211.3 | 239 | 68 | 34 | 43 | 2.90 | 4132.9 |
| 1929 | PHA | AL | 11 | 9 | 35 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 161.0 | 182 | 71 | 39 | 41 | 3.97 | 1797.1 |
| 1930 | PHA | AL | 9 | 7 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 89.7 | 109 | 44 | 22 | 28 | 4.42 | 672.7 |
| 1931 | BRO | NL | 5 | 4 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 64.3 | 65 | 19 | 24 | 25 | 2.66 | 682.9 |
| 1932 | BRO | NL | 3 | 7 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 87.3 | 102 | 32 | 24 | 28 | 3.30 | 1764.7 |
| 1933 | CIN | NL | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15.7 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4.02 | 170.7 |
Career Batting Statistics
| G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | PIV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 771 | 1349 | 90 | 248 | 38 | 7 | 8 | 113 | 5 | 89 | 308 | 0.184 | 0.236 | 0.240 | 0.476 | -5891.8 |
Season-by-Season Batting
| Year | Team | Lg | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | PIV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 | NYY | AL | 23 | 45 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0.156 | 0.0 |
| 1910 | NYY | AL | 35 | 82 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 0.232 | -88.7 |
| 1911 | NYY | AL | 40 | 61 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0.164 | -333.6 |
| 1912 | NYY | AL | 18 | 39 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.205 | 0.0 |
| 1913 | BSN | NL | 9 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0.200 | 0.0 |
| 1914 | BLF | FL | 48 | 121 | 10 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 0.273 | 109.3 |
| 1915 | BLF | FL | 56 | 110 | 12 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 0.264 | -58.9 |
| 1918 | CHW | AL | 6 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.222 | 0.0 |
| 1919 | NYY | AL | 38 | 91 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 0.209 | -323.2 |
| 1920 | NYY | AL | 41 | 88 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 26 | 0.091 | -785.7 |
| 1921 | NYY | AL | 33 | 41 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0.220 | 0.0 |
| 1922 | BOS | AL | 40 | 91 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 0.099 | -924.2 |
| 1923 | BOS | AL | 42 | 80 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0.225 | -413.8 |
| 1924 | BOS | AL | 44 | 78 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0.179 | -652.5 |
| 1925 | BOS | AL | 19 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0.094 | 0.0 |
| 1925 | PHA | AL | 18 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0.097 | 0.0 |
| 1926 | PHA | AL | 31 | 46 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0.174 | -295.9 |
| 1927 | PHA | AL | 34 | 66 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0.091 | -801.0 |
| 1928 | PHA | AL | 31 | 79 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 0.165 | -659.2 |
| 1929 | PHA | AL | 35 | 60 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.133 | -664.5 |
| 1930 | PHA | AL | 35 | 34 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.265 | 0.0 |
| 1931 | BRO | NL | 39 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0.200 | 0.0 |
| 1932 | BRO | NL | 42 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0.200 | 0.0 |
| 1933 | CIN | NL | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.0 |
Postseason Statistics
Playoff Career Batting
| G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 |
Playoff Batting by Year
| Year | Round | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | WS | PHA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1929 | WS | PHA | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 |
| 1921 | WS | NYA | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 |
Playoff Career Pitching
| W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10.7 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 8.44 |
Playoff Pitching by Year
| Year | Round | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | WS | PHA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 |
| 1929 | WS | PHA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9.00 |
| 1921 | WS | NYA | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9.82 |
Fielding Statistics
Career Fielding Totals by Position
| Position | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OF | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P | 756 | 42 | 139 | 1240 | 45 | 40 |
Season-by-Season Fielding
| Year | Team | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 | NYA | P | 23 | 11 | 5 | 52 | 2 | 3 |
| 1910 | NYA | P | 35 | 31 | 8 | 111 | 3 | 5 |
| 1911 | NYA | P | 40 | 0 | 4 | 65 | 2 | 2 |
| 1912 | NYA | P | 18 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 1 | 0 |
| 1913 | BSN | P | 8 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| 1914 | BLF | P | 46 | 0 | 14 | 104 | 8 | 1 |
| 1914 | BLF | OF | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1915 | BLF | P | 44 | 0 | 10 | 98 | 3 | 1 |
| 1915 | BLF | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1918 | CHA | P | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| 1919 | NYA | P | 38 | 0 | 6 | 79 | 4 | 2 |
| 1920 | NYA | P | 41 | 0 | 14 | 75 | 5 | 1 |
| 1921 | NYA | P | 33 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 2 |
| 1922 | BOS | P | 40 | 0 | 12 | 89 | 1 | 2 |
| 1923 | BOS | P | 42 | 0 | 11 | 59 | 3 | 1 |
| 1924 | BOS | P | 44 | 0 | 9 | 73 | 3 | 3 |
| 1925 | BOS | P | 19 | 0 | 7 | 37 | 2 | 0 |
| 1925 | PHA | P | 18 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 3 |
| 1926 | PHA | P | 31 | 0 | 8 | 47 | 4 | 3 |
| 1927 | PHA | P | 34 | 0 | 4 | 47 | 0 | 2 |
| 1928 | PHA | P | 31 | 0 | 7 | 55 | 1 | 2 |
| 1929 | PHA | P | 35 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 1 | 1 |
| 1930 | PHA | P | 35 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 2 |
| 1931 | BRO | P | 39 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 2 |
| 1932 | BRO | P | 42 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | CIN | P | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Career Games by Position
| Position | Games |
|---|---|
| Pitcher | 756 |
| Left Field | 1 |
| Right Field | 2 |
Award Voting History
| Year | Award | League | Finish | Points Won | Points Max | Votes First |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 17th | 6.0 | 80 | 0 |