Joe Giard

Joseph Oscar Giard (October 7, 1898 – July 10, 1956) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher.^[1]

Born in Ware, Massachusetts, Giard played two seasons for the St. Louis Browns, chiefly as a starter, before being traded (along with outfielder Cedric Durst) for pitcher Sad Sam Jones in February 1927;^[2][3] Giard was therefore a member of the 1927 New York Yankees,^[4] a team often considered the greatest ever.^[5][6] He pitched 27 innings in 16 games, all in relief, for the Yankees that year, with an ERA of 8.00.

Giard died in Worcester, Massachusetts, on July 10, 1956.

References

1. ^ Katz, Stephen Robert (2017). Ware's Boys of Summer: The Stories of Seven Major League Baseball Players from One Small Central Massachusetts Town. pp. 86–102. ISBN 9 781457 549113.
2. ^ Katz, Stephen Robert (2017). Ware's Boys of Summer: The Stories of Seven Major League Baseball Players from One Small Central Massachusetts Town. pp. 86–102. ISBN 9 781457 549113.
3. ^ Gallagher, Mark (2003). The Yankee Encyclopedia. Sports Publishing LLC. pp. 115–116. ISBN 1-58261-683-3.
4. ^ Anderson, Dave (2002). The New York Yankees Illustrated History. St. Martin's Press. p. 36. ISBN 0-312-29094-2.
5. ^ Stout, Glenn (2002). Yankees Century: 100 Years of New York Yankees Baseball. Houghton Mifflin Books. p. 115. ISBN 0-618-08527-0.
6. ^ Mosedale, John (1974). The Greatest of All: The 1927 New York Yankees. Dial Press. ISBN 0-8037-3215-5.

External links

• Joe Giard at Baseball Almanac