finalyear death_date debutyear statvalue finalteam birth_date hofdate death_place finaldate hofvote image statlabel debutteam name throws caption birth_place debutdate bats position article_title
1934 30 january 1948 1912 240 -- 162 3.60 1,227 boston red sox 10 february 1894 1948 new york city , new york august 27 77.69 % -lrb- eighth ballot -rrb- herb pennock 1934.jpg win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts philadelphia athletics herb pennock left pennock in 1934 kennett square , pennsylvania may 14 switch pitcher herb pennock

herb pennock

herbert jefferis pennock -lrb- february 10 , 1894 -- january 30 , 1948 -rrb- was an american professional baseball pitcher .
he played in major league baseball from 1912 through 1933 .
he is best known for his time spent with the star-studded new york yankee teams of the mid to late 1920s and early 1930s .
connie mack signed pennock to his philadelphia athletics in 1912 .
after using pennock sparingly , and questioning his competitive drive , mack sold pennock to the boston red sox in 1915 .
after returning from military service in 1919 , pennock became a regular contributor for the red sox .
the yankees acquired pennock from the red sox after the 1922 season , and he served as a key member of the pitching staff as the yankees won four world series championships during his tenure with the team .
after retiring as a player , pennock served as a coach and farm system director for the red sox , and as general manager of the philadelphia phillies .
pennock was regarded as one of the greatest left-handed pitchers in baseball history .
mack later called his sale of pennock to the red sox his greatest mistake .
pennock died of a cerebral hemorrhage in 1948 ; later that year , he was posthumously inducted into the national baseball hall of fame .
