Tom Zachary

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Tom Zachary was an American left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher best known for his long career in the 1910s–1930s and for giving up Babe Ruth’s record-setting 60th home run in 1927.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf baseball player
human
1929Team New York Yankees
1929WinLossRecord 12–0
almaMater Guilford College
bats left
battedRuns 52
battingAverage .226
brokeRecordAgainst Babe Ruth
burialPlace Yanceyville, North Carolina, United States
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1896-05-07
dateOfDeath 1969-01-24
earnedRunAverage 3.73
familyName Zachary
finalMLBGame 1936-09-28
finalMLBTeam Philadelphia Phillies
givenName Jonathan
league Major League Baseball
MLBDebut 1918-07-11
MLBDebutTeam Philadelphia Athletics
notableFor giving up Babe Ruth’s 60th home run in 1927
notableSeason 1929
occupation baseball player
placeOfBirth Graham, North Carolina, United States
placeOfDeath Yanceyville, North Carolina, United States
playedFor Boston Braves
linked to: Atlanta Braves

Brooklyn Dodgers
New York Yankees
Philadelphia Athletics
Philadelphia Phillies
St. Louis Browns
Washington Senators
positionPlayed pitcher
recordInvolved single-season home run record
season 1927
sexOrGender male
sport baseball
stateOfOrigin North Carolina
strikeouts 720
teamIn1927 Washington Senators
throws left
winLossRecord 186–191
worldSeriesChampion 1924
1928
worldSeriesChampionWith New York Yankees
Washington Senators

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