On August 4th, 1945 Joe Cleary took the mound for the Washington Senators against the Boston Red Sox. He faced nine batters, allowed eight of them to reach base, with five hits, three walks, and one wild pitch leading to seven earned runs. He was pulled after getting only one out, and was replaced by Bert Shepard. Cleary, who was the last Irish native to pitch in a MLB game, has the highest ERA for any pitcher who got at least one out with 189.00. Shepard went on to pitched five innings while striking out two and giving one run for an ERA of 1.
Stats Corner: Controlling the Pitches
