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American baseball player and manager (1890 1980)

James Robert Shawkey (December 4, 1890 – December 31, 1980) was an American baseball pitcher who played fifteen seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Philadelphia Athletics and New York Yankees from 1915 to 1927. He batted and threw right handed and served primarily as a starting pitcher.

Shawkey was born to John William Shawkey (descended from German immigrants named Schaake) and Sarah Catherine Anthony, in Sigel, Pennsylvania.

He moved from Slippery Rock State College to an independent league in 1911, then to the American League in 1912 as a pitcher for Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics. In 1915, Mack sold him to the New York Yankees where he remained (except for a brief service with the U. S. Navy during World War I when he served on the battleship Arkansas for eight months) until 1931. While facing his former team in , he struck out 15 A's batters in a game, setting the Yankees team record for most strikeouts in a game; this record lasted for fifty nine years. At the start of the season, Shawkey was chosen to be the Yankees' Opening Day starting pitcher. Because the team's first game was at home, this also meant that he was the first player to pitch at the newly built Yankee Stadium. Shawkey also served as the Yankees' manager in the season—following the sudden death of Miller Huggins—and guided the Yankees to a third place finish. Bob credited his success to a super fastball and an outstanding curve ball. He later served as the baseball coach for Dartmouth College. An adept batsman during his 15 year career, Shawkey compiled a .214 batting average (225 for 1049) with 90 runs, 3 home runs and 95 RBI. From 1920 1924, he drove in 59 runs for the New York Yankees. In 8 World Series games, he hit .267 (4 for 15) with 2 RBI. In 1970, Shawkey was inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in Brookville, Pennsylvania. During the 1976 opening day festivities for the renovated Yankee Stadium, Shawkey threw out the ceremonial first pitch. He died at age 90 in Syracuse, New York, on New Year's Eve 1980.