Hal Kelleher

On September 17, 1935, in his first Major League game, Kelleher pitched a 1–0 shutout against the Cincinnati Reds. Kelleher won his first two decisions that season.^[2] He was also the sixth youngest player in the National League that season.^[2] In 1936, Kelleher pitched 14 games, starting four. He had a 0–5 win–loss record with a 5.32 earned run average.^[2] A low point of the season was when he gave up five runs during the fifth inning against the New York Giants on May 23.^[3]

Kelleher pitched a career high 27 games in 1937, winning 2 games and losing 4 in 58 innings, but his earned run average was considered a bad 6.63. That season he led the league in hit by pitch, hitting seven batters.^[2] His last career victory was a 9–5 victory against the St. Louis Cardinals on August 26, 1937, in a relief appearance. He pitched 21⁄3 innings, beating future Hall of Famer Dizzy Dean in the process, who left the game with a "sore arm".^[4] After having an 18.41 earned run average in six games during the 1938 season, Kelleher pitched his last game on May 5.^[2] In that final game, he pitched 1 inning surrendering 12 runs, all earned, in the Phillies' 2–21 loss.^[5]

His career record was 4–9 with a 5.95 earned run average in 50 career games.^[2] He died in Cape May Court House, New Jersey, at the age of 75.

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