finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
1884 right 24 january 1941 boston , massachusetts granard , ireland 1874 august 11 234 -- 163 2.31 879 386 pitcher/right fielder indianapolis hoosiers win games -- loss record earned run average strikeouts complete may 5 2 april 1856 tommy bond baseball.jpg tommy bond -lrb- baseball -rrb-
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thomas henry bond -lrb- april 2 , 1856 -- january 24 , 1941 -rrb- was a major league baseball player who was a pitcher and a right fielder a total of ten seasons .
a native of granard , ireland , he is the first man born in ireland to play major league baseball .
bond was also the last survivor of the national league 's first season -lrb- 1876 -rrb- .
bond played for six teams during his career : the brooklyn atlantics -lrb- 1874 -rrb- , hartford dark blues -lrb- 1875 -- 1876 -rrb- , boston red caps -lrb- 1877 -- 1881 -rrb- , worcester ruby legs -lrb- 1882 -rrb- , boston reds -lrb- 1884 -rrb- , and indianapolis hoosiers -lrb- 1884 -rrb- .
he also managed the worcester team for six games .
during his 10-season career , he was a three-time 40-game winner , played for two national league pennant-winning clubs , and regularly finished in the top ten in many pitching categories .
in 1877 , he was the first winner of baseball 's pitching triple crown , leading the nl in wins -lrb- 40 -rrb- , earned run average -lrb- 2.11 -rrb- , and strikeouts -lrb- 170 -rrb- .
his career statistics include a record of 234-163 , 386 complete games in 408 starts , 42 shutouts , and an era of 2.31 .
bond also played 92 games in the outfield , a few more in the infield , and batted .238 with 174 rbi and 213 runs scored .
bond is the all-time baseball leader in strikeouts per walks , at a 4.44 ratio , for pitchers who threw a minimum 1000 innings .
bond died the age of 84 in boston , massachusetts , and is interred at forest hills cemetery .
