Jim Tobin
American baseball player (1912-1969) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For others with the same name, see Jim Tobin (activist) and James Tobin (disambiguation).
James Anthony Tobin (December 27, 1912 – May 19, 1969), known as "Abba Dabba", was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Bees/Braves and Detroit Tigers from 1937 to 1945. With the Boston Braves in 1944, he pitched two no-hitters, although one of them was five innings, which was considered a no-hitter until 1991 when the MLB officially defined a no-hitter as having to be nine innings or longer.
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Jim Tobin | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: (1912-12-27)December 27, 1912 Oakland, California, U.S. | |
Died: May 19, 1969(1969-05-19) (aged 56) Oakland, California, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 30, 1937, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 23, 1945, for the Detroit Tigers | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 105–112 |
Earned run average | 3.44 |
Strikeouts | 498 |
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