Born:(1910-11-04)November 4, 1910 Rankin, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died: July 19, 1983(1983-07-19) (aged 72) Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 19, 1938, for the New York Yankees
Last MLB appearance
April 24, 1948, for the New York Giants
MLB statistics
Win–loss record
48–35
Earned run average
2.96
Strikeouts
178
Teams
New York Yankees (1938)
Cincinnati Reds (1940–1944, 1946–1947)
New York Giants (1947–1948)
Career highlights and awards
World Series champion (1940)
Joseph Stanley Beggs (November 4, 1910 – July 19, 1983), nicknamed "Fireman", was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played for the New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds, and New York Giants of Major League Baseball. With the Reds, he was a member of the 1940 World Series champions. After his retirement from baseball, Beggs became the superintendent of prisons for Kentucky, and the director of urban renewal for Newport, Kentucky.
from baseball, Beggs became the superintendent of prisons for Kentucky, and the director of urban renewal for Newport, Kentucky. Beggs was born on November...
finishing 9.5 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. In the 1938...
and NL, respectively. The 1940 MLB season was dominated by stars such as Joe DiMaggio, Bob Feller, Hank Greenberg, and Frank McCormick. Bob Feller took...
two on, but in the bottom half, Greenberg hit a leadoff triple off of JoeBeggs before Bruce Campbell's RBI single and Higgins's RBI double made it 7–2...
Cincinnati Reds Opening Day starting pitchers Red Ames Homer Bailey Fred Beebe JoeBeggs Larry Benton Rube Benton Jack Billingham Ewell Blackwell Ted Breitenstein...
without legs making Oklahoma history when he was 14 years old. At Beggs High School (Beggs, Oklahoma), 2015-2018 Martel was a three-sport athlete playing...
York Giants 12 1939 Bob Bowman Clyde Shoun St. Louis Cardinals 9 1940 JoeBeggs Jumbo Brown Mace Brown Cincinnati Reds New York Giants Pittsburgh Pirates...
Sammy Kerr (CRE/NICF) Joe Hadden (NICF/CRE) 1965 Paddy Flanagan (NCA); JoeBeggs (NICF/CRE) Morris Foster (CRE/NICF) Dave Kane (NICF/CRE) E. Maxwell (NICF/CRE)...
Kermit Wahl was signed as an amateur free agent by the Reds. On June 10, Joe Nuxhall made his major league debut. At age 15, he is (as of the 2022 season)...
forced at 2nd and started to leave field; however, umpires ruled that 2bman [Joe] Orengo had missed the base; Orengo threw wildly to 1st trying to get the...
(2006), and a larger supporting role in The Violent Kind (2010). Scott Beggs of Film School Rejects called the performance "...a hell of a lot of fun...
Global Information