Joe Giard
Encyclopedia
Joseph Oscar Giard was an American
major league
baseball
player.
Born in Ware
, Massachusetts
, Giard played two seasons for the St. Louis Browns
before being traded (along with outfielder
Cedric Durst
) for pitcher Sad Sam Jones
in February 1927; Giard was therefore a member of the 1927 New York Yankees, a team often considered the greatest ever. He pitched 27 inning
s in 16 games for the Yankees that year, with an ERA of 8.00.
Giard died in Worcester, Massachusetts
on July 10, 1956.
United States
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major league
Major League Baseball
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baseball
Baseball
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player.
Born in Ware
Ware, Massachusetts
Ware is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 9,707 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area.Part of the town comprises the census-designated place of Ware....
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
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, Giard played two seasons for the St. Louis Browns
Baltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league...
before being traded (along with outfielder
Outfielder
Outfielder is a generic term applied to each of the people playing in the three defensive positions in baseball farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder...
Cedric Durst
Cedric Durst
Cedric Montgomery Durst was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played between and for the St. Louis Browns , New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox . Listed at 5' 11", 160 lb., Durst batted and threw left-handed...
) for pitcher Sad Sam Jones
Sad Sam Jones
Samuel Pond "Sad Sam" Jones was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played in the American League with the Cleveland Indians , Boston Red Sox , New York Yankees , St. Louis Browns , Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox . A native of Woodsfield, Ohio, Jones batted and threw...
in February 1927; Giard was therefore a member of the 1927 New York Yankees, a team often considered the greatest ever. He pitched 27 inning
Inning
Inning is a municipality in the district of Erding in Bavaria in Germany....
s in 16 games for the Yankees that year, with an ERA of 8.00.
Giard died in Worcester, Massachusetts
Worcester, Massachusetts
Worcester is a city and the county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Named after Worcester, England, as of the 2010 Census the city's population is 181,045, making it the second largest city in New England after Boston....
on July 10, 1956.