| Tom Zachary | |
|---|---|
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| Pitcher | |
| Born: May 7, 1896 Graham, North Carolina, U.S. | |
| Died: January 24, 1969 (aged 72) Burlington, North Carolina, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
| MLB debut | |
| July 11, 1918, for the Philadelphia Athletics | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| May 28, 1936, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 186–191 |
| Earned run average | 3.73 |
| Strikeouts | 720 |
| Teams | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Jonathan Thompson Walton Zachary (c. May 7, 1896 – January 24, 1969) was a professional baseball pitcher.
Zachary had a 19-year career in Major League Baseball that lasted from 1918 to 1936. He played for the Philadelphia A's, Washington Senators, St. Louis Browns, New York Yankees of the American League and the Boston Braves, Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies of the National League.
Zachary is well known for giving up Babe Ruth's record-setting 60th home run in 1927. Then the next year, pitching for Ruth's team, the New York Yankees, he won the third game of the World Series, defeating the St. Louis Cardinals.
Zachary went 12–0 for the 1929 Yankees, which is still the major league record for most pitching wins without a loss in one season.[citation needed]
Zachary was a very good hitting pitcher, posting a .226 batting average (254-for-1122) with 79 runs, 6 home runs, 112 RBI and drawing 62 bases on balls. He had a career high 14 RBI in 1926 and batted a career high .306 (22-for-72) in 1928.
Zachary died on January 24, 1969, aged 72, after suffering a stroke.[1]
