Harry Courtney
American baseball player (1898–1954)
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Henry Seymour Courtney (November 19, 1898 – December 11, 1954) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in the Major Leagues from 1919–1922 for the Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox.
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| Harry Courtney | |
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| Pitcher | |
| Born: November 19, 1898 Asheville, North Carolina, U.S. | |
| Died: December 11, 1954 (aged 56) Lyme, Connecticut, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 13, 1919, for the Washington Senators | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 3, 1922, for the Chicago White Sox | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 22–26 |
| Earned run average | 4.91 |
| Strikeouts | 112 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
He also played for the Washington Senators of the American Professional Football Association in 1921. That season signed with the football Senators for their November 20 game against a team from Clarksburg, West Virginia. However Clark Griffith, the owner of the baseball Senators, found out about Courtney moonlighting as a football player. Griffith ordered Courtney to stop playing football or risk finding himself without a job in baseball. Courtney gave up his football career and continued to focus only on baseball.
He was born in Asheville, North Carolina and died in Lyme, Connecticut.
External links
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference · Retrosheet · Baseball Almanac
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