Lee Roy Mahaffey (February 9, 1904 – July 23, 1969) was a

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...

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. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Athletics, and

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. His key pitch was a fast-breaking curveball.James, Bill and Neyer, Rob.
The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers
' (Simon & Schuster, 2004), pp. 289–290. In nine seasons, Mahaffey posted a 67-49 record with a 5.01

earned run average In baseball statistics, earned run average (ERA) is the average of earned runs allowed by a pitcher per nine innings pitched (i.e. the traditional length of a game). It is determined by dividing the number of earned runs allowed by the number ...

in 1,056 innings pitched with 365

strikeouts In baseball or softball, a strikeout (or strike-out) occurs when a batter accumulates three strikes during a time at bat. It usually means that the batter is out. A strikeout is a statistic recorded for both pitchers and batters, and is deno ...

. As a hitter, Mahaffey posted a .184

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(73-for-396) with 28 runs, 4 home runs and 33 RBI in 224 games pitched.

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1904 births 1969 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Pittsburgh Pirates players Philadelphia Athletics players St. Louis Browns players Baseball players from South Carolina People from Belton, South Carolina {{US-baseball-pitcher-1900s-stub