John Reid McIntire (January 11, 1879 – January 9, 1949) was a

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for the

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(1905–1909),

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(1910–1912) and

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(1913). He helped the Cubs win the 1910 National League Pennant. McIntire led the National League in Hits Allowed (340), Earned Runs Allowed (127) and Hit Batsmen (20) in 1905. He also led the league in Hits Batsmen in 1908 (20) and 1909 (21). In 9 seasons he had a 71–117 Win–loss record, 237 Games, 188 Games Started, 140 Complete Games, 17 Shutouts, 40 Games Finished, 7 Saves, 1,650 Innings Pitched, 1,555 Hits Allowed, 778 Runs Allowed, 590 Earned Runs Allowed, 34 Home Runs Allowed, 539 Walks Allowed, 626 Strikeouts, 96 Hit Batsmen, 14 Wild Pitches, 6,753 Batters Faced and 3.22 ERA. McIntire was good with the bat, posting a .218

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(134-for-615) scoring 54 runs, 2

home runs In baseball, a home run (abbreviated HR) is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to circle the bases and reach home plate safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team. A home run i ...

, 39

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and drawing 29

bases on balls A base on balls (BB), also known as a walk, occurs in baseball when a batter receives four pitches that the umpire calls '' balls'', and is in turn awarded first base without the possibility of being called out. The base on balls is defined in Se ...

in his nine year major league career. McIntire died in

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at the age of 69.

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1879 births 1949 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Brooklyn Superbas players Chicago Cubs players Cincinnati Reds players Baseball players from Dayton, Ohio Nashville Vols players {{US-baseball-pitcher-1870s-stub

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