Sherry Magee
Positions: Leftfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right • Throws: Right
5-11, 179lb (180cm, 81kg)
Born: August 6, 1884 in Clarendon, PA
Died: March 13, 1929 in Philadelphia, PA
Buried: Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, PA
Debut: June 29, 1904 (2,645th in major league history)
vs. BRO 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB
Last Game: September 27, 1919
vs. CHC 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Full Name: Sherwood Robert Magee
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Nine Players Who Debuted in 1904
Sherry Magee
Frank Schulte
Miller Huggins
George Stovall
Art Devlin
Gabby Street
Ed Walsh
Hooks Wiltse
Charley O’Leary
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Biography
Magee was one of the great players of the dead-ball era, 1900-1919. He could hit, run, field, and throw with the best, and played intelligently and aggressively. He was critical of sloppy play and unimaginative management, and occasionally his temper got the best of him. On July 10, 1911 his one-punch knockout of umpire Bill Finneran, who had ejected Magee for arguing a called third strike, led to his suspension for the rest of the season; however, he was reinstated after five weeks.
Magee was Philadelphia’s left fielder for a decade. In his second year, 1905, he played 155 games. His 85 RBI in 1907 were the league high. In 1910 he led the NL in batting (.331), slugging average (.507), runs scored (110), and RBI (123), and stole 49 bases. Over his career he had 441 stolen bases, including 23 steals of home. On July 12, 1906, he stole second, third, and home in the ninth inning against St. Louis. During a July 20, 1912 game with the Cubs, he stole home twice. In 1914 he led the NL in hits (171), doubles (39), RBI (103), and slugging average (.509).
When Magee was not named Philadelphia’s player-manager for 1915, he asked to be traded. He was sold to the Braves, who finished second while the Phillies won their first pennant. He played center in Boston until he was waived to Cincinnati in August 1917. He led the NL in RBI a final time in the war-shortened 1918 season, and concluded his ML career by pinch hitting twice in the 1919 World Series.
Magee played in the minors from 1920 to 1926, then took up umpiring. In light of his misbehavior in 1911, he was watched closely while officiating in the NL in 1928, and he performed very well. But he contracted pneumonia and died the following March.
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- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- Sherry Magee at SABR (Baseball BioProject)
- Sherry Magee at Baseball Library
- Baseball Hall of Fame: Magee Had Live Bat in a Dead Era
- Sherry Magee at The Deadball Era
- Sherry Magee at Find a Grave
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