Thomas Clancy Sheehan (March 31, 1894 – October 29, 1982) was an American

United States

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 pitcher

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, scout and manager

Manager (baseball)

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 in Major League Baseball

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.

Born in Grand Ridge, Illinois

Grand Ridge, Illinois

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, Sheehan, a right-hander, had a six-year pitching career from 1915–1916, 1921 and 1924–1926, playing for the Philadelphia Athletics

Oakland Athletics

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 and New York Yankees

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 of the American League

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 and the Cincinnati Reds

Cincinnati Reds

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 and Pittsburgh Pirates

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 of the National League

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. He pitched for two of the worst teams in major league history — the - Athletics. Manager and part-owner Connie Mack

Connie Mack (baseball)

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 totally dismantled his AL-champion club after it was swept by the "Miracle" Boston Braves

1914 Boston Braves season

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 in the World Series

1914 World Series

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. After Mack replaced his stars with inexperienced players, the A's of 1915–16 won a total of 79 games, while losing 226 — a winning percentage of only .259. At 21, Sheehan won four games and lost nine in 1915, but the following season he dropped 16 of 17 decisions (.059), although he compiled a decent earned run average

Earned run average

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 of 3.69.

Overall, Sheehan appeared in 146 major league games, winning 17 and losing 39 (.304) with a 4.00 ERA.

Sheehan coached

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 for the Reds (1935–37) and Boston Braves

Atlanta Braves

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 (1944), and spent many years as a minor league

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 manager and as a scout for the New York/San Francisco Giants

San Francisco Giants

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. In June 1960

1960 in baseball

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, at age 66, he succeeded the fired Bill Rigney

Bill Rigney

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 as pilot of the Giants. Sheehan became the oldest person to make his debut as a major-league manager. The move was a shocker, and it backfired. Rigney's Giants had won 33 of 58 games and were in second place in the National League; but under Sheehan, San Francisco won 46, lost 50 (.479) and fell to a second-division, fifth place finish. Sheehan resumed his scouting duties at season's end.

He died in Chillicothe, Ohio

Chillicothe, Ohio

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 at the age of 88.