finalyear death_date debutyear statvalue finalteam birth_date hofmethod hofdate death_place finaldate image_size image statlabel debutteam name throws caption birth_place debutdate bats position article_title
1908 14 november 1929 1899 246 -- 142 2.66 1,068 new york giants 20 march 1871 veterans committee 1946 brooklyn , new york october 5 250px joe_mcginnity_baseball . jpg win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts baltimore orioles joe mcginnity right mcginnity in 1905 cornwall township , illinois april 18 right pitcher joe mcginnity

joe mcginnity

joseph jerome mcginnity -lrb- march 20 , 1871 -- november 14 , 1929 -rrb- was an american right-handed pitcher in major league baseball -lrb- mlb -rrb- in the late 19th and early 20th century .
mcginnity played in mlb for ten years , pitching for the national league 's -lrb- nl -rrb- baltimore orioles -lrb- 1899 -rrb- and brooklyn superbas -lrb- 1900 -rrb- , before jumping to the american league -lrb- al -rrb- to play for the baltimore orioles -lrb- al -rrb- -lrb- 1901 -- 1902 -rrb- .
he returned to the nl with the new york giants -lrb- 1902 -- 1908 -rrb- .
mcginnity continued to pitch in the minor leagues , eventually retiring from baseball for good at the age of 54 .
in mlb , he won 246 games with a 2.66 earned run average -lrb- era -rrb- .
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 mlb in wins five times -lrb- 1899 , 1900 , 1903 , 1904 , and 1906 -rrb- and era once -lrb- 1904 -rrb- .
with the giants , he won the 1905 world series .
his teams also won nl pennants in 1900 and 1904 .
mcginnity was nicknamed `` iron man '' because he worked in an iron foundry during the baseball offseasons .
his nickname came to convey his longevity and durability , as he routinely pitched in both games of doubleheaders .
he set nl records for complete games -lrb- 48 -rrb- and innings pitched -lrb- 434 -rrb- in a single season , which still stand .
mcginnity is considered one of the better players in the history of the new york giants .
the veterans committee elected him to the national baseball hall of fame in 1946 .
