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Happy Townsend

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: April 9, 1879 in Townsend, DE us

Died: December 21, 1963 in Wilmington, DE

Buried: Townsend Cemetery, Townsend, DE

High School: Townsend HS (Townsend, DE)

School: Washington College (Chestertown, MD)

Debut: April 19, 1901 (Age 22-010d, 2,225th in major league history)
vs. BRO 8.0 IP, 8 H, 6 SO, 10 BB, 10 ER, L

Last Game: September 21, 1906 (Age 27-165d)
vs. BOS 9.0 IP, 10 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1901 season

Full Name: John Townsend

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.1

ERA

3.59

153

125

1137.2

473

WHIP

1.380

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Team Record in Appearances: 3-17 / in Starts: 3-10

Days of Rest

1903 Pitching Game Log

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1903 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	47	6	Apr 28	WSH		BOS	L,4-11			99	3.0	2	2	2	1	2	0	0	6.00	2.42						11
2	48	8	Apr 30	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	L(0-1)	1	8.0	10	6	6	3	4	0	1	6.55	3.03	37	39				31	6	0
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
3	49	16	May 11	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-2	CG	L(0-2)	10	8.0	5	2	1	1	2	0	0	4.26	2.86	31	67				29	2	0
4	50	20	May 15	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-7	GS-	L(0-3)	3	3.1	9	6	5	0	1	0	0	5.64	2.75		21				19
5	51	28	May 24	WSH	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	L(0-4)	8	8.0	8	5	4	2	3	0	2	5.34	2.95	35	49				29	2	0
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
6	52	34	Jun 1	WSH		PHA	L,0-1	CG	L(0-5)	7	9.0	7	1	1	3	5	0	0	4.35	2.88	35	71				32	1	0
7	53	38	Jun 5	WSH		SLB	L,1-3	CG	L(0-6)	3	9.0	9	3	0	3	4	0	1	3.54	2.94	37	64				32	0	0
8	54	43	Jun 12	WSH		CHW	L,6-11		L(0-7)	6	8.0	11	8	4	2	3	1	1	3.67	3.20						35
9	55	46	Jun 16	WSH		DET	W,5-1	CG	W(1-7)	3	9.0	4	1	1	2	8	0	2	3.31	3.07	33	81				28	0	1
10	56	49	Jun 21	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	L(1-8)	4	8.0	6	2	1	1	1	0	0	3.07	3.05	28	64				26	2	0
11	57	52	Jun 25	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	L(1-9)	3	8.0	8	4	4	4	5	0	0	3.21	3.05	36	51				31	2	0
12	58	57	Jun 30	WSH	@	DET	L,0-8	CG	L(1-10)	4	8.0	15	8	8	2	4	0	0	3.73	3.00	40	22				37	2	4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
13	59	60	Jul 4	WSH		CLE	W,10-3	GS-	W(2-10)	3	2.0	3	3	2	4	1	0	0	3.84	3.10		37				9
14	60	84	Jul 30(1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-12			25	5.0	6	7	5	5	2	0	1	4.11	3.23						21
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
15	61	93	Aug 8	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-7			8	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.08	3.23						2
16	62	95	Aug 11	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-16			2	6.0	15	10	7	1	2	0	0	4.46	3.19						33
17	63	100	Aug 16(2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	L(2-11)	4	8.0	6	3	3	3	1	0	0	4.38	3.22	30	56				26	2	0
18	64	105	Aug 21	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-10			4	7.0	7	6	5	6	3	0	0	4.50	3.30						28
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
19	65	116	Sep 2	WSH		NYY	L,3-11			11	4.0	9	3	3	2	3	0	0	4.57	3.28						21
20	66	135	Sep 23	WSH		CLE	W,7-5	GS-		20	4.2	5	5	5	3	3	2	1	4.76	3.51		34				19
							3-17		W-L:2-11	4.2	126.2	145	85	67	48	57	3	9	4.76	3.51	342	50				499	19	5

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