Win–loss record 36-73 Role Baseball Umpire Name Mal Eason | Strikeouts 273 Earned run average 3.39 | |
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Died April 16, 1970, Douglas, Arizona, United States | ||
Malcolm Wayne (Mal) Eason (March 13, 1879 – April 16, 1970) was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Orphans (1900–1902), Boston Beaneaters (1902), Detroit Tigers (1903) and Brooklyn Superbas (1905–1906). Eason batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Brookville, Pennsylvania.
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Playing career
From 1901 to 1902 Eason went 8–17 and 10–12, while pitching for awful teams. Despite his losing records, he registered 3.59 and 2.61 ERAs respectively. His most productive season came in 1906, when he posted a 10–17 mark with a 3.25 ERA. It was his last season as an active player. That July 20, Eason no-hit the St. Louis Cardinals 2-0. Earlier in the season, he had been the losing pitcher in the last no-hitter before this one, by the Philadelphia Phillies' Johnny Lush on May 1. Not until Bill McCahan in 1947 would another pitcher hurl a no-hitter after being on the losing end of the last no-hitter before it.
In a six-season career, Eason posted a 36–73 record with 274 strikeouts and a 3.42 ERA in 951 1⁄3 innings pitched. He completed 90 of 114 starts, including ten shutouts.
Umpiring career
Eason is recorded as having umpired three games in 1902. After his retirement as a player, he worked as a National League umpire from 1910 to 1917.
Death
Eason died in a house fire in Douglas, Arizona, at the age of 91.