James Charles Jacob Bagby Jr. (September 8, 1916 – September 2, 1988) was a starting pitcher in

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who played for the

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, and Pittsburgh Pirates. He batted and threw right-handed. His father, Jim Sr., was also a major league pitcher who played with

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, Cleveland and Pittsburgh between 1912 and 1923. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Bagby played with the Red Sox (twice), Indians and Pirates in a span of ten years. He posted a 97–96 record with 431 strikeouts and a 3.96

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in 1666 innings pitched, including 84 complete games and 13

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s. He was the Indians pitcher in the July 17, 1941 game which ended

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's famous 56-game hitting streak. Bagby reached his career high of 17 wins in each of his All-Star seasons, in 1942 and 1943, and led the

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in starts both years with 35 and 33, respectively. After that, he served much of 1944 in the

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and never won more than eight games in a regular season. As a hitter, Bagby was a better than average hitting pitcher in the majors, posting a .226

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(140-for-620) with 59 runs, 3 home runs and 56 RBI. He was used as a pinch hitter 18 times in his career. Following his baseball career, Bagby became a professional

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player. In 1992, he was inducted into the

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. Bagby died in

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, six days before his 72nd birthday. Bagby maintained a lifelong dislike of sports writers, as he was born with a cleft palate and was often made fun of by them for his appearance.

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*The Bagbys became the first father-and-son combination to pitch in the

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when Jim Jr. appeared for the 1946 Red Sox. Jim Sr. pitched with the 1920 Indians. *Bagby is one of three pitchers in major league history to have three putouts in an inning. He did it in 1940, while playing for the Boston Red Sox. The others are

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, also with the Red Sox in 1963, and

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with the Chicago Cubs in 1975. Jim Battle also had three putouts in an inning, but he was not a pitcher. *Bagby, along with Al Smith, were the pitchers who ended

's 56-game hitting streak.

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