Urban Shocker

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Urban Shocker
Urban Shocker
Pitcher
Born: August 22, 1890
Cleveland, Ohio
Died: September 6, 1928 (aged 38)
Denver, Colorado
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 24, 1916
for the New York Yankees
Final game
May 30, 1928
for the New York Yankees
Career statistics
Win-Loss     187-117
ER.A     3.17
Strike outs     983
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Won 20 or more games in four consecutive seasons
  • In 1921, had a league leading 27 wins
  • In 1922, led the AL in strikeouts with 149


Urban James Shocker (August 22, 1890 – September 9, 1928), born Urbain Jacques Shockor in Cleveland, Ohio, was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees and St. Louis Browns from 1916 to 1928.

The right-handed hurler had four consecutive 20-game-winning seasons with the Browns in the early 1920s. During those four years, he was one of the most dominant pitchers in baseball. Urban was the last Yankees pitcher to legally throw a spitball. He, and a handful of other pitchers, was grandfathered into the practice after it was banned by baseball in 1920.

After his release from the Yankees in 1928, Shocker entered an exhibition tournament in Denver. He pitched in just one game on August 6 against a team from Cheyenne, Wyoming and fared poorly in that outing. Around this time, he contracted pneumonia and was hospitalized shortly thereafter. He died in Denver, Colorado from a weakened heart caused by the disease.

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Preceded by
Jim Bagby		 American League Wins Champion
1921
(with Carl Mays)		 Succeeded by
Eddie Rommel
Preceded by
Walter Johnson		 American League Strikeout Champion
1922		 Succeeded by
Walter Johnson
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