John Milton Warhop born in Hinton, West Virginia

Hinton, West Virginia

Hinton is a city in Summers County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 2,880 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Summers County. Hinton was established in 1873 and chartered in 1897. Hinton was named for John "Jack" Hinton, a prominent lawyer of Summers County and husband of...

 was a pitcher for the New York Highlanders/New York Yankees

New York Yankees

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 (1908-15).

Warhop led the American League in hit batsmen in 1909 (26) and 1910 (18). He led the American League in home runs allowed in 1914 (8) and 1915 (7). His 114 career hit batsmen is a Yankees team record and ranks 37th on the MLB All-Time Hit Batsmen List

MLB All-Time Hit Batsmen List

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. He also holds the Yankees single season record for most hit batsmen (26 in 1909).

Warhop died in Freeport, Illinois

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, aged 76.

He is notable for giving up Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth

George Herman Ruth, Jr. , best known as "Babe" Ruth and nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", was an American Major League baseball player from 1914–1935...

's first career home run on May 6, 1915, while Ruth was a member of the Boston Red Sox

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. Warhop won the game 4-3 while pitching for the New York Yankees

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. Interestingly, he also gave up Ruth's second home run on June 2 of the same year.

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