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George Earnshaw
George Livingston Earnshaw (Moose) Position: Pitcher
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Born: February 15, 1900 in New York, NY
High School: Swarthmore Prep (Swarthmore, PA)
School: Swarthmore College (Swarthmore, PA)
(All Transactions)
Debut: June 3, 1928 (Age 28)
vs. CHW 5.0 IP, 8 H, 2 SO, 3 BB, 4 ER, L
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Dodgers/WhiteSox/Cardinals 1928-1936
Final Game: September 26, 1936 (Age 36)
vs. CHC 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER
Died: December 1, 1976 in Little Rock, AR
Cremated
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| 1928 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | R | BOP | Pos | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1928-06-28 | Babe Ruth | NYY | @ | PHA | ahead 7-4 | t 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1928-07-01 (2) | Tony Lazzeri | NYY | PHA | b 5 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1928-07-01 (2) | Tony Lazzeri | NYY | PHA | b 7 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1928-07-16 (2) | Pinky Hargrave | DET | @ | PHA | t 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1928-08-06 | Harry Heilmann | DET | PHA | b 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1928-08-16 | Pinky Hargrave | DET | @ | PHA | t 4 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1928-08-16 | Marty McManus | DET | @ | PHA | t 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 1929 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | R | BOP | Pos | Notes | ||
| 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1929-04-30 | Phil Todt | BOS | PHA | b 6 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1929-05-24 | Joe Cronin | WSH | @ | PHA | t 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1929-06-26 | Ken Williams | BOS | @ | PHA | t 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |||
| 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1929-08-11 | Pinky Hargrave | DET | PHA | b 9 | 3 | 2 | |||||
| 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1929-08-20 | Red Kress | SLB | PHA | b 6 | 2 | 6 | |||||
| 13 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1929-09-03 | Lou Gehrig | NYY | @ | PHA | t 5 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 14 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1929-09-10 | Earl Averill | CLE | @ | PHA | t 1 | 2 | 8 | ||||
| 15 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1929-09-10 | Johnny Hodapp | CLE | @ | PHA | t 7 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 1930 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | R | BOP | Pos | Notes | ||
| 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1930-05-03 | Marty McManus | DET | @ | PHA | t 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |||
| 17 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1930-05-07 | Sammy Hale | SLB | @ | PHA | t 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| 18 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1930-05-12 | Johnny Hodapp | CLE | @ | PHA | t 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |||
| 19 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1930-05-16 (2) | Joe Judge | WSH | @ | PHA | t 8 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 20 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1930-05-21 (1) | Babe Ruth | NYY | @ | PHA | t 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 21 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1930-05-21 (1) | Babe Ruth | NYY | @ | PHA | t 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 22 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1930-05-21 (1) | Ben Chapman | NYY | @ | PHA | t 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | IPHR | ||
| 23 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 1930-05-22 (2) | Tony Lazzeri | NYY | @ | PHA | t 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 24 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 1930-06-12 | Glenn Myatt | CLE | PHA | b 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 25 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 1930-06-12 | Ed Morgan | CLE | PHA | b 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 26 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 1930-06-12 | Ed Morgan | CLE | PHA | b 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 27 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 1930-06-16 | Roy Johnson | DET | PHA | b 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | Lead-Off | ||
| 28 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 1930-06-16 | Dale Alexander | DET | PHA | b 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| 29 | 29 | 14 | 1 | 1930-07-06 | Earl Webb | BOS | PHA | b 6 | 1 | 4 | 9 | ||||
| 30 | 30 | 15 | 1 | 1930-08-13 | Bibb Falk | CLE | @ | PHA | t 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 31 | 31 | 16 | 1 | 1930-08-18 | Red Kress | SLB | @ | PHA | t 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 32 | 32 | 17 | 1 | 1930-08-22 | Dale Alexander | DET | @ | PHA | t 4 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 33 | 33 | 18 | 1 | 1930-09-21 (1) | Goose Goslin | SLB | PHA | b 8 | 2 | 3 | 7 | ||||
| 34 | 34 | 19 | 1 | 1930-09-27 | Babe Ruth | NYY | @ | PHA | t 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||
| 35 | 35 | 20 | 2 | 1930-09-27 | Babe Ruth | NYY | @ | PHA | t 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||
| 1931 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | R | BOP | Pos | Notes | ||
| 36 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 1931-04-20 | Babe Ruth | NYY | PHA | b 4 | 2 | 9 | |||||
| 37 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 1931-04-20 | Babe Ruth | NYY | PHA | b 8 | 2 | 9 | |||||
| 38 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 1931-05-05 | Earl Webb | BOS | @ | PHA | t 7 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| 39 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 1931-05-17 | Earl Averill | CLE | PHA | b 1 | 1 | 8 | |||||
| 40 | 40 | 5 | 2 | 1931-05-17 | Wes Ferrell | CLE | PHA | b 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 41 | 41 | 6 | 1 | 1931-05-31 (1) | Urbane Pickering | BOS | PHA | b 8 | 2 | 5 | 5 | ||||
| 42 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 1931-06-17 | Ed Morgan | CLE | @ | PHA | t 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |||
| 43 | 43 | 8 | 1 | 1931-06-25 (1) | Red Kress | SLB | PHA | b 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| 44 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 1931-06-30 | Earl Averill | CLE | PHA | b 9 | 2 | 8 | |||||
| 45 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 1931-07-02 | Earl Averill | CLE | PHA | b 6 | 3 | 8 | |||||
| 46 | 46 | 11 | 1 | 1931-07-10 | Lou Gehrig | NYY | PHA | b 9 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 47 | 47 | 12 | 1 | 1931-07-14 | John Stone | DET | @ | PHA | t 5 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 48 | 48 | 13 | 1 | 1931-07-28 | Goose Goslin | SLB | @ | PHA | t 8 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| 49 | 49 | 14 | 1 | 1931-09-02 | Heinie Manush | WSH | @ | PHA | t 7 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| 50 | 50 | 15 | 1 | 1931-09-10 | Goose Goslin | SLB | @ | PHA | t 6 | 3 | 7 | ||||
| 51 | 51 | 16 | 1 | 1931-09-27 | Joe Sewell | NYY | PHA | b 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| 1932 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | R | BOP | Pos | Notes | ||
| 52 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 1932-04-12 | Babe Ruth | NYY | @ | PHA | t 1 | 3 | 7 | ||||
| 53 | 53 | 2 | 2 | 1932-04-12 | Lou Gehrig | NYY | @ | PHA | t 3 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 54 | 54 | 3 | 3 | 1932-04-12 | Samuel Byrd | NYY | @ | PHA | t 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |||
| 55 | 55 | 4 | 4 | 1932-04-12 | Babe Ruth | NYY | @ | PHA | t 4 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| 56 | 56 | 5 | 1 | 1932-04-20 | Bill Dickey | NYY | PHA | b 8 | 1 | 7 | 2 | ||||
| 57 | 57 | 6 | 1 | 1932-05-07 | Bill Cissell | CLE | @ | PHA | t 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 58 | 58 | 7 | 2 | 1932-05-07 | Joe Vosmik | CLE | @ | PHA | t 5 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| 59 | 59 | 8 | 1 | 1932-05-21 (1) | Smead Jolley | BOS | @ | PHA | t 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 60 | 60 | 9 | 2 | 1932-05-21 (1) | Smead Jolley | BOS | @ | PHA | t 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 61 | 61 | 10 | 3 | 1932-05-21 (1) | Earl Webb | BOS | @ | PHA | t 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | |||
| 62 | 62 | 11 | 1 | 1932-05-30 (2) | Ossie Bluege | WSH | @ | PHA | t 6 | 1 | 7 | 5 | |||
| 63 | 63 | 12 | 2 | 1932-05-30 (2) | Heinie Manush | WSH | @ | PHA | t 9 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |||
| 64 | 64 | 13 | 1 | 1932-05-31 | Heinie Manush | WSH | @ | PHA | t 11 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| 65 | 65 | 14 | 1 | 1932-06-03 | Lou Gehrig | NYY | @ | PHA | t 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 66 | 66 | 15 | 2 | 1932-06-03 | Lou Gehrig | NYY | @ | PHA | t 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 67 | 67 | 16 | 3 | 1932-06-03 | Earle Combs | NYY | @ | PHA | t 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||
| 68 | 68 | 17 | 4 | 1932-06-03 | Lou Gehrig | NYY | @ | PHA | t 5 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 69 | 69 | 18 | 5 | 1932-06-03 | Babe Ruth | NYY | @ | PHA | t 5 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| 70 | 70 | 19 | 1 | 1932-06-09 | Glenn Myatt | CLE | PHA | b 5 | 3 | 2 | |||||
| 71 | 71 | 20 | 1 | 1932-06-16 | Fred Schulte | SLB | PHA | b 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | Lead-Off | ||
| 72 | 72 | 21 | 1 | 1932-06-27 (1) | Roy Johnson | BOS | @ | PHA | t 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |||
| 73 | 73 | 22 | 2 | 1932-06-27 (1) | Roy Johnson | BOS | @ | PHA | t 7 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |||
| 74 | 74 | 23 | 3 | 1932-06-27 (1) | Urbane Pickering | BOS | @ | PHA | t 9 | 1 | 6 | 5 | |||
| 75 | 75 | 24 | 1 | 1932-07-07 (1) | Bob Fothergill | CHW | @ | PHA | t 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 76 | 76 | 25 | 1 | 1932-07-27 (1) | Whit Wyatt | DET | PHA | b 6 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 77 | 77 | 26 | 1 | 1932-08-12 | Smead Jolley | BOS | PHA | b 6 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||||
| 78 | 78 | 27 | 1 | 1932-08-16 | Glenn Myatt | CLE | @ | PHA | t 5 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 79 | 79 | 28 | 1 | 1932-09-18 (2) | Charlie Berry | CHW | PHA | b 7 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 1933 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | R | BOP | Pos | Notes | ||
| 80 | 80 | 1 | 1 | 1933-05-30 (2) | Marty McManus | BOS | PHA | b 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | ||||
| 81 | 81 | 2 | 1 | 1933-06-17 (1) | Dale Alexander | BOS | PHA | b 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| 82 | 82 | 3 | 1 | 1933-06-30 (1) | Jack Burns | SLB | PHA | b 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 83 | 83 | 4 | 2 | 1933-06-30 (1) | Lin Storti | SLB | PHA | b 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | ||||
| 84 | 84 | 5 | 1 | 1933-07-24 (2) | Bill McAfee | WSH | @ | PHA | t 7 | 1 | 9 | 1 | |||
| 85 | 85 | 6 | 1 | 1933-08-07 | Bucky Walters | BOS | @ | PHA | t 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 86 | 86 | 7 | 1 | 1933-08-12 (2) | Tony Lazzeri | NYY | @ | PHA | t 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| 87 | 87 | 8 | 1 | 1933-08-17 | Bill Cissell | CLE | PHA | b 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| 1934 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | R | BOP | Pos | Notes | ||
| 88 | 88 | 1 | 1 | 1934-04-22 | George Puccinelli | SLB | @ | CHW | t 1 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| 89 | 89 | 2 | 1 | 1934-05-05 | Eric McNair | PHA | CHW | b 6 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| 90 | 90 | 3 | 2 | 1934-05-05 | Ed Coleman | PHA | CHW | b 7 | 1 | PH | |||||
| 91 | 91 | 4 | 1 | 1934-05-10 | Lou Gehrig | NYY | CHW | b 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| 92 | 92 | 5 | 1 | 1934-05-14 | Billy Werber | BOS | CHW | b 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| 93 | 93 | 6 | 1 | 1934-05-25 | Samuel Byrd | NYY | @ | CHW | t 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 94 | 94 | 7 | 1 | 1934-05-30 (1) | Odell Hale | CLE | CHW | b 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||||
| 95 | 95 | 8 | 2 | 1934-05-30 (1) | Odell Hale | CLE | CHW | b 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | ||||
| 96 | 96 | 9 | 1 | 1934-06-03 | Goose Goslin | DET | @ | CHW | t 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |||
| 97 | 97 | 10 | 2 | 1934-06-03 | Mickey Cochrane | DET | @ | CHW | t 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 98 | 98 | 11 | 3 | 1934-06-03 | Hank Greenberg | DET | @ | CHW | t 8 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 99 | 99 | 12 | 1 | 1934-06-18 (1) | Bob Johnson | PHA | CHW | b 4 | 1 | 7 | |||||
| 100 | 100 | 13 | 2 | 1934-06-18 (1) | Bob Johnson | PHA | CHW | b 6 | 1 | 7 | |||||
| 101 | 101 | 14 | 1 | 1934-06-25 | Lou Gehrig | NYY | CHW | b 1 | 2 | 3 | Cycle | ||||
| 102 | 102 | 15 | 2 | 1934-06-25 | Myril Hoag | NYY | CHW | b 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | ||||
| 103 | 103 | 16 | 1 | 1934-06-30 | Hal Trosky | CLE | @ | CHW | t 6 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 104 | 104 | 17 | 1 | 1934-07-12 | Bob Johnson | PHA | @ | CHW | t 8 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| 105 | 105 | 18 | 1 | 1934-07-22 (2) | Samuel Byrd | NYY | @ | CHW | t 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 106 | 106 | 19 | 1 | 1934-07-29 (1) | Marv Owen | DET | @ | CHW | t 6 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| 107 | 107 | 20 | 1 | 1934-08-07 | Odell Hale | CLE | @ | CHW | t 9 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |||
| 108 | 108 | 21 | 1 | 1934-08-17 (1) | Ed Coleman | PHA | CHW | b 2 | 2 | 9 | |||||
| 109 | 109 | 22 | 2 | 1934-08-17 (1) | Ed Coleman | PHA | CHW | b 4 | 1 | 9 | |||||
| 110 | 110 | 23 | 3 | 1934-08-17 (1) | Ed Coleman | PHA | CHW | b 8 | 2 | 9 | |||||
| 111 | 111 | 24 | 1 | 1934-09-08 | Lou Gehrig | NYY | @ | CHW | t 4 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 112 | 112 | 25 | 2 | 1934-09-08 | George Selkirk | NYY | @ | CHW | t 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 113 | 113 | 26 | 3 | 1934-09-08 | Tony Lazzeri | NYY | @ | CHW | t 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | |||
| 114 | 114 | 27 | 1 | 1934-09-20 | Jimmie Foxx | PHA | @ | CHW | t 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |||
| 115 | 115 | 28 | 2 | 1934-09-20 | Pinky Higgins | PHA | @ | CHW | t 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| 1935 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | R | BOP | Pos | Notes | ||
| 116 | 116 | 1 | 1 | 1935-05-10 | Babe Dahlgren | BOS | @ | CHW | t 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 | |||
| 117 | 117 | 2 | 2 | 1935-05-10 | Babe Dahlgren | BOS | @ | CHW | t 6 | 2 | 8 | 3 | |||
| 118 | 118 | 3 | 1 | 1935-06-05 (2) | Wally Berger | BSN | BRO | b 1 | 2 | 8 | |||||
| 119 | 119 | 4 | 1 | 1935-06-17 | Chuck Klein | CHC | @ | BRO | t 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | ||
| 120 | 120 | 5 | 2 | 1935-06-17 | Chuck Klein | CHC | @ | BRO | t 9 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | ||
| 121 | 121 | 6 | 1 | 1935-06-26 | Ripper Collins | STL | @ | BRO | t 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 122 | 122 | 7 | 1 | 1935-07-04 (2) | George Watkins | PHI | @ | BRO | t 6 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |||
| 123 | 123 | 8 | 2 | 1935-07-04 (2) | Dolph Camilli | PHI | @ | BRO | t 8 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 124 | 124 | 9 | 1 | 1935-07-22 | Chuck Klein | CHC | BRO | b 2 | 2 | 9 | |||||
| 125 | 125 | 10 | 1 | 1935-07-24 (2) | Ken O'Dea | CHC | BRO | tied 6-6 | b 11 | 1 | 2 | Walk-Off | |||
| 126 | 126 | 11 | 1 | 1935-07-28 (1) | Jo-Jo Moore | NYG | @ | BRO | t 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |||
| 127 | 127 | 12 | 1 | 1935-08-05 | Dick Bartell | NYG | BRO | b 7 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| 128 | 128 | 13 | 1 | 1935-08-11 (1) | Wally Berger | BSN | @ | BRO | t 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 129 | 129 | 14 | 1 | 1935-08-16 | Stan Hack | CHC | @ | BRO | t 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | ||
| 130 | 130 | 15 | 1 | 1935-08-31 | Billy Urbanski | BSN | BRO | b 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Lead-Off | ||
| 131 | 131 | 16 | 1 | 1935-09-22 | Dick Bartell | NYG | BRO | b 7 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| 1936 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | R | BOP | Pos | Notes | ||
| 132 | 132 | 1 | 1 | 1936-04-14 | Mel Ott | NYG | BRO | b 7 | 1 | 9 | |||||
| 133 | 133 | 2 | 2 | 1936-04-14 | Dick Bartell | NYG | BRO | b 8 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| 134 | 134 | 3 | 1 | 1936-04-20 | Gene Moore | BSN | @ | BRO | t 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | Lead-Off | |
| 135 | 135 | 4 | 1 | 1936-05-01 | Bruce Ogrodowski | STL | BRO | b 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 136 | 136 | 5 | 1 | 1936-05-18 | Gilly Campbell | CIN | @ | BRO | t 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 137 | 137 | 6 | 1 | 1936-06-14 | Babe Herman | CIN | BRO | b 7 | 2 | 3 | 7 | ||||
| 138 | 138 | 7 | 1 | 1936-06-22 | Ival Goodman | CIN | @ | BRO | t 5 | 3 | 3 | 9 | IPHR | ||
| 139 | 139 | 8 | 1 | 1936-07-22 | Mel Ott | NYG | STL | b 1 | 1 | 9 | |||||
| 140 | 140 | 9 | 2 | 1936-07-22 | Gus Mancuso | NYG | STL | b 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 141 | 141 | 10 | 3 | 1936-07-22 | Hank Leiber | NYG | STL | b 7 | 3 | 4 | 8 | ||||
| 142 | 142 | 11 | 1 | 1936-08-21 | Woody Jensen | PIT | @ | STL | t 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
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