47 Facts About Pat Malone

Perce Leigh "Pat" Malone was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from for the Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees .

Pat Malone played for four pennant winners and two World Series champions.

Pat Malone would spend six years in the minor leagues, but after successful seasons in 1926 and 1927, was signed by the Cubs before the 1928 season.

Pat Malone made two starts in the World Series against the Philadelphia Athletics but lost both, and the Cubs were defeated in five games.

The 1931 season saw him clash with new Cubs manager Rogers Hornsby; Pat Malone became involved in further trouble in September when he beat up two reporters and was fined $500.

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Pat Malone led the American League in saves in 1936 and was on the Yankee roster when they beat the Giants in the World Series.

Pat Malone did less well in 1937 and was left off the roster when the Yankees again beat the Giants in the World Series.

Pat Malone returned to Altoona, where he operated a tavern before dying at the age of 40 in 1943 due to acute pancreatitis brought on by his life of heavy drinking.

Pat Malone's father was an assistant yard master for the Pennsylvania Railroad, and his mother and sister, Evelyn, supported the family through odd jobs.

Pat Malone led a gang of local boys who would steal food and carry it to their hideout in a ravine out of town, where they would plan their next move.

Pat Malone attended school only until the age of 14, dropping out to take a job with Adam's Express, a package-delivery service.

Soon, Pat Malone had begun playing baseball, joining a local semipro team when he was just 15.

Pat Malone started working for the Pennsylvania Railroad as a fireman at age 16, lying about his age to get the job.

Pat Malone played baseball for the semipro Altoona Independents, with whom he excelled.

Pat Malone attended spring training for the Giants in 1922 but made a disfavorable impression on manager John McGraw, who rebuked him for his heavy drinking and rowdy behavior.

Pat Malone began the year with the Waterbury Brasscos of the Class A Eastern League.

In 1923, Pat Malone again went to spring training for the Giants but was sent to Toledo to start the season.

Pat Malone joined the Giants in spring training for a final time in 1924, but he repeatedly violated his curfew, partying at the Watrous Hotel.

In 1926, Pat Malone joined another Class A team, the Des Moines Demons of the Western League.

Pat Malone was selected to the league's first All-Star team, and his strong pitching helped Des Moine win the league pennant.

Team owner Mike Kelley eagerly began offering Pat Malone's contract rights for sale to major league clubs, eventually selling them to the Chicago Cubs, whose manager, Joe McCarthy, was a good friend of Kelley.

Pat Malone "proved to be the Cubs' most successful and consistent pitcher, especially during the pennant race in the last two months of the 1928 season" according to Gregory H Wolf of the Society for American Baseball Research.

Amongst other National League pitchers, Pat Malone trailed only Dazzy Vance for the league lead with 155 strikeouts and 5.

Pat Malone got off to a strong start in 1929, this time winning his first five starts, two of which were shutouts.

Pat Malone completed his last five starts of the season, winning four of them.

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Pat Malone then allowed two more baserunners and took the loss when Miller recorded an RBI double, giving the Athletics the championship in five games.

Pat Malone lost his first three decisions of the month, though he won his last three.

Pat Malone was "the NL's most dominant pitcher" in 1930, according to Wolf.

Pat Malone led the league with 20 wins and finished in third place with 142 strikeouts, surpassed only by Bill Hallahan and Vance .

Pat Malone tied Erv Brame for the lead in complete games, with 22.

Pat Malone was unable to pitch much because of shoulder problems.

Pat Malone tied Bill Walker and teammate Guy Bush for ninth in the NL in victories.

Pat Malone started the 1933 season still a Cub, despite rumors that the Phillies, Reds, and Braves were all interested in signing him.

Pat Malone recorded just 72 strikeouts during the season, and his 3.

Pat Malone was late reporting to 1934 spring training as he sought more money, causing Edward Burns of the Chicago Daily Tribune to call him "hard to handle” and “frivolous in nature".

Pat Malone made only two starts in 1935, both losses in which he allowed five runs, and he spent most of the season in the bullpen.

Pat Malone led the league with nine saves, though this was not yet an official statistic.

Pat Malone worked four innings of one-hit relief, but the hit, an RBI double by Bill Terry, came in the top of the 10th inning and resulted in the Giants staving off elimination.

Pat Malone was left off the roster for the 1937 World Series, in which the Yankees again defeated the Giants.

Pat Malone was not afraid to intimidate hitters, standing out among other pitchers with the amount of brushback pitches he threw.

Pat Malone only hit 45 batters during his major league career owing to his good control.

In 1929, the Associated Press wrote that Pat Malone possessed "probably the fastest ball in the major leagues".

Pat Malone quickly gained a reputation as a prankster upon reaching the major leagues.

Pat Malone enjoyed doling out hot feet, and towel-whipping unsuspecting teammates while they showered.

Pat Malone credited her influence on his personal life with his improvement in 1926.

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When Pat Malone's teams were in the offseason, they lived in Marion's hometown of Milan, Ohio; Altoona, or Los Angeles.

Pat Malone's body was cremated in Pittsburgh, then delivered to Milan, where it was buried in the Milan Cemetery at Section HO, Lot 28, Grave 3.