june november major_league_baseball mlb pitcher nicknamed happy jack played pittsburgh_pirates boston_red_sox finished career win loss record earned run average strikeouts wins season remains american_league record pitchers won games seasons prior historians beginning modern era major league baseball refer credit win total modern era major league record holder view wins season record pitching totals games started complete games fall historical category wins total time american_league single season records single season totals games started complete games wins total recorded pitcher american national_league beginning twentieth century existence american major leagues beginning major league baseball modern era holds modern era major league historical single season records wins pitcher games started pitcher complete games pitched elected received little consideration baseball historians consider election mistake believe elected solely basis season early life born june village massachusetts fourth children began playing ball team worked attendant new_york order play team representing mental hospital gave nickname happy jack pleasant demeanor professional career minor leagues began professional career minor league baseball year pitched folded point joined league disbanded season joined pitched disbanded pitched remainder season new_york local newspaper shortened fit box score pitched atlantic league season drafted baltimore_orioles took job nearly contracted resulting signing baltimore allowed option lapse returned richmond season major_league_baseball sold richmond pittsburgh_pirates july current dollar terms major_league_baseball mlb debut pirates july recorded win loss record pirates season december traded current dollar terms chief louisville club dissolved offseason fox madison brien assigned pittsburgh march national_league reduced teams going pirates won games pirates leading went earned run average era pirates leading wins pirates won national_league pennant end season american_league began stars join league offering competitive salaries agreed sign new franchise presently known new_york_yankees season bonus current dollar terms join news broke agreed join told pirates owner planned influence pain medication refused participate postseason series released pirates pitched game finished season record began throwing season learned inventor began working slow ball year started games finished posting era striking batters recording wins complete games innings pitched setting mlb records wins complete games innings pitched season year pitcher league won won straight games july new_york franchise record stood broke strikeouts remained team record struck day season game known boston_red_sox threw wild pitch ninth inning allowing winning run score base causing lose pennant boston ruling play controversial death widow support manager continued claim pitch passed ball blamed winning run catcher season announced created pitch called jump ball struggled season registering record season involved squeeze play baseball base mistakenly thought received steal sign manager hit scored note play taught spring training following season baseball observers expected return form season registered record leading earned runs allowed removed starts sixteen times announced work keeping weight prior season announced intentions retire february march announced return pay cut signed new contract weeks season went season announced giving experimental intending return old style pitching finished season record prior season assigned indianapolis indians minor league affiliate threatened retire transferred report appearances waived claimed boston_red_sox september pitched game season finale yankees prior season placed ineligible list refused report minor leagues career returned massachusetts major_league_baseball season worked farm conway massachusetts purchased decade prior pitched semi professional baseball team nearby massachusetts leading championship coached presently known continued pitch clubs massachusetts met owner new manager february attempting comeback agreed chance pitching leaving camp released request free agent granted march granted release decided travel arkansas teams participated spring training attempt find team willing chance comeback worked brooklyn pittsburgh teams passed appeared old game braves field sponsored benefit september served washington senators coach managed manager let senators hired june managed minor league team massachusetts pitching team occasion legacy inducted considers individuals eligible hall_of_fame longer eligible elected year elected players eddie years eligible ballot received zero votes vote votes votes zero votes zero votes record games won season wins stood century oldest major records baseball sport current playing practices record started games season plus relief appearances pitched complete games record today uncommon pitcher start games season complete games rarity win season pitchers modern era won pitcher mound lowered current height inches pitcher won games season considered toughest pitchers faced mlb runs hall_of_fame website called best pitchers game time induction considered dubious overall career overshadowed season baseball historian considers induction hall_of_fame particular james compared statistics teammates hall_of_fame book politics glory james charged induction players created second tier hall_of_fame james claimed inducted hall_of_fame solely basis season pitchers hall_of_fame similar career statistics personal life married conway massachusetts retirement farmed raised conway died november buried conway died
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