Non-Pitchers on the Mound
Compiled by David Vincent, David Smith, and Mark Pankin
Since the early days of professional baseball, there has been a distinction between pitchers and other players, generally termed position players." Occasionally a position player takes the mound, usually due either to a lopsided score and a desire to conserve the pitching staff for another day or a long extra inning game in which most regular pitchers have already been used. We identified all players who appeared in more games as non-pitchers than as pitchers.
There is a list for players, all before 1906, where we could not identify the games when they pitched. All of the entries on this page are the player’s name, season, and number of games as a pitcher and a position player. Click on the player's name to see his career page.
There are pages presenting the known instances of non-pitchers pitching in a game since 1901. There is a chronological list and one that is alphabetical by the players' names.
If you know of other players who belong on this list, please contact the web master.
Player, year, games pitched, non-pitching games
George Bechtel 1871 3 18 Bob Ferguson 1871 1 36 Dickie Flowers 1871 1 21 Denny Mack 1871 3 26 Levi Meyerle 1871 1 26 Charlie Pabor 1871 7 28 Ed Pinkham 1871 3 26 Frank Buttery 1872 8 13 Jim Clinton 1872 1 27 Martin Malone 1872 2 5 John McMullin 1872 3 53 Charlie Pabor 1872 2 19 Harry Wright 1872 7 48 George Bechtel 1873 3 52 Bob Ferguson 1873 4 50 Frank Fleet 1873 3 21 Davy Force 1873 3 51 Bill French 1873 1 5 Chick Fulmer 1873 2 51 Phonney Martin 1873 6 30 John McMullin 1873 1 51 George Bechtel 1874 6 28 Dan Collins 1874 2 3 Bob Ferguson 1874 1 57 Davy Force 1874 1 60 John Hatfield 1874 3 67 Johnny Ryan 1874 1 47 Harry Wright 1874 6 40 Bill Boyd 1875 1 39 Bob Ferguson 1875 1 85 Frank Fleet 1875 5 33 Count Gedney 1875 2 67 Frank Heifer 1875 2 15 Charlie Mason 1875 1 21 John McMullin 1875 4 54 Cal McVey 1875 3 94 Pidgey Morgan 1875 7 17 Charlie Pabor 1875 1 48 Dickey Pearce 1875 2 70 Ezra Sutton 1875 2 77 George Wright 1875 2 79 Ross Barnes 1876 1 66 Joe Blong 1876 1 62 Amos Booth 1876 3 73 Eddie Booth 1876 1 58 Bobby Clack 1876 1 33 Jim Clinton 1876 1 15 William Coon 1876 2 55 Charlie Gould 1876 2 61 Levi Meyerle 1876 2 55 John Peters 1876 1 66 Dave Pierson 1876 1 64 Johnny Ryan 1876 1 64 Deacon White 1876 1 70 George Wright 1876 1 70 Joe Battin 1877 1 58 John Cassidy 1877 2 58 Bob Ferguson 1877 3 56 Dave Rowe 1877 1 2 Al Spalding 1877 4 60 Doug Allison 1878 1 19 Lew Brown 1878 1 61 Joe Ellick 1878 1 3 Frank Hankinson 1878 1 57 Jack Manning 1878 3 59 Russ McKelvy 1878 4 62 Dan Brouthers 1879 3 37 Mike Dorgan 1879 2 59 Cal McVey 1879 3 81 Tom Burns 1880 1 90 Mike Dorgan 1880 1 79 Denny Driscoll 1880 6 14 Jake Evans 1880 1 47 Frank Hankinson 1880 4 68 Joe Hornung 1880 1 90 King Kelly 1880 1 97 John Morrill 1880 3 86 Harry Stovey 1880 2 83 George Bradley 1881 6 56 John Morrill 1881 3 80 Billy Taylor 1881 2 30 Ned Williamson 1881 3 83 Tommy Bond 1882 2 8 Ed Brown 1882 1 17 Tom Brown 1882 2 45 Charlie Buffinton 1882 5 11 Charlie Comiskey 1882 2 77 Jake Evans 1882 1 81 Buck Ewing 1882 1 75 Curry Foley 1882 1 84 Eddie Fusselback 1882 4 34 Jack Leary 1882 6 63 John Morrill 1882 1 83 Henry Myers 1882 6 68 Blondie Purcell 1882 6 82 Yank Robinson 1882 1 11 Dave Rowe 1882 1 23 Bill Schenck 1882 2 60 Cub Stricker 1882 2 73 Billy Taylor 1882 1 73 Harry Wheeler 1882 4 76 Art Whitney 1882 3 41 Ned Williamson 1882 1 83 Chicken Wolf 1882 1 80 Cap Anson 1883 2 100 Joe Battin 1883 2 98 Dan Brouthers 1883 1 98 Tom Brown 1883 3 96 Charlie Cady 1883 1 2 Tom Dolan 1883 1 82 Mike Dorgan 1883 1 65 Jake Evans 1883 1 93 Bob Ferguson 1883 1 86 Curry Foley 1883 1 23 Bill Gallagher 1883 7 15 Gid Gardner 1883 2 42 King Kelly 1883 1 125 Jim Lillie 1883 3 52 Tom Mansell 1883 1 62 Frank McLaughlin 1883 2 31 John Morrill 1883 2 98 Jim O'Rourke 1883 2 105 John Reccius 1883 1 18 Dave Rowe 1883 1 60 Edgar Smith 1883 1 5 Pop Smith 1883 3 97 Joe Sommer 1883 1 97 Harry Stovey 1883 1 96 Harry Wheeler 1883 1 83 Ned Williamson 1883 1 100 George Wood 1883 1 99 Cap Anson 1884 1 116 Lady Baldwin 1884 2 5 Charlie Bastian 1884 1 28 Ed Brown 1884 1 43 Joe Brown 1884 7 11 Lew Brown 1884 1 89 Pete Browning 1884 1 103 Tom Brown 1884 4 107 Oyster Burns 1884 2 37 John Cahill 1884 2 61 Jim Chatterton 1884 1 4 Charlie Comiskey 1884 1 109 Joe Connors 1884 3 4 Jack Corcoran 1884 1 53 Pop Corkhill 1884 1 112 Ed Crane 1884 4 104 Jim Cudworth 1884 2 31 Dave Drew 1884 1 16 Fred Dunlap 1884 1 101 Charlie Eden 1884 2 31 Buck Ewing 1884 1 96 Jim Fogarty 1884 1 99 Gid Gardner 1884 1 81 Billy Geer 1884 2 118 Bill Geiss 1884 1 75 Jack Glasscock 1884 2 110 Jack Gorman 1884 3 13 Paul Hines 1884 1 115 Charlie Householder 1884 2 84 Arthur Irwin 1884 1 102 Jim Keenan 1884 1 68 King Kelly 1884 2 116 Lon Knight 1884 2 109 Chuck Lauer 1884 3 11 Jack Leary 1884 5 17 Jim Lillie 1884 2 114 Tommy McCarthy 1884 7 48 Jerry McCormick 1884 1 109 Chris McFarland 1884 1 3 Barney McLaughlin 1884 7 38 Frank McLaughlin 1884 2 66 Trick McSorley 1884 1 22 Gene Moriarty 1884 2 12 John Morrill 1884 7 111 Charlie Morton 1884 3 32 Henry Oberbeck 1884 8 61 Billy O'Brien 1884 2 12 Jim O'Rourke 1884 4 115 Fred Pfeffer 1884 1 112 Tom Poorman 1884 1 93 Blondie Purcell 1884 1 103 Paul Radford 1884 2 96 Dave Rowe 1884 1 110 Edgar Smith 1884 3 12 Germany Smith 1884 1 97 Cub Stricker 1884 1 109 Pat Sullivan 1884 1 31 Ed Swartwood 1884 1 102 Lou Sylvester 1884 6 83 Harry Wheeler 1884 1 72 Milt Whitehead 1884 1 104 Ned Williamson 1884 2 109 Frank Wyman 1884 3 33 Kid Baldwin 1885 2 34 Tom Brown 1885 2 108 Dick Burns 1885 1 14 John Coleman 1885 8 93 Fred Corey 1885 1 93 Pop Corkhill 1885 8 113 Charlie Eden 1885 4 98 Buck Ewing 1885 1 87 Gid Gardner 1885 1 45 Frank Hankinson 1885 1 94 Jim Keenan 1885 1 37 Lon Knight 1885 2 54 Jimmy Macullar 1885 1 100 Gene Moriarty 1885 1 11 Dave Orr 1885 3 107 Jimmy Peoples 1885 2 48 Fred Pfeffer 1885 5 110 Blondie Purcell 1885 1 87 Paul Radford 1885 3 105 Phil Reccius 1885 7 97 Hardy Richardson 1885 1 99 Chief Roseman 1885 1 101 Joe Sommer 1885 2 112 Ned Williamson 1885 2 114 Chicken Wolf 1885 1 114 George Wood 1885 1 83 Lou Bierbauer 1886 2 139 Tom Brown 1886 1 115 John Cahill 1886 2 126 John Coleman 1886 3 133 Larry Corcoran 1886 2 21 Pop Corkhill 1886 1 134 Jim Fogarty 1886 1 79 Chris Fulmer 1886 1 80 Frank Graves 1886 1 44 Jim Keenan 1886 2 46 Jim Lillie 1886 1 114 Jimmy Macullar 1886 1 85 Tommy McCarthy 1886 1 8 John Morrill 1886 1 117 Frank Mountain 1886 2 16 Joe Neale 1886 1 2 Pat O'Connell 1886 1 42 George Pinkney 1886 1 141 Blondie Purcell 1886 1 27 Phil Reccius 1886 1 5 Danny Richardson 1886 5 67 Hardy Richardson 1886 4 127 Lee Richmond 1886 3 7 Yank Robinson 1886 1 133 Chief Roseman 1886 1 134 Jimmy Ryan 1886 5 87 Milt Scott 1886 1 137 Emmett Seery 1886 2 126 Joe Sommer 1886 1 141 Harry Stovey 1886 1 125 Joe Strauss 1886 2 83 Art Whitney 1886 1 137 Bill White 1886 1 135 Ned Williamson 1886 2 125 Chicken Wolf 1886 1 134 Myron Allen 1887 2 120 Lou Bierbauer 1887 1 126 Oyster Burns 1887 3 141 John Cahill 1887 6 66 Pop Corkhill 1887 5 128 Ed Daily 1887 7 99 Fred Dunlap 1887 1 65 Jocko Fields 1887 1 45 Jim Fogarty 1887 1 128 Emil Geiss 1887 1 2 Jack Glasscock 1887 1 122 Charley Jones 1887 2 104 King Kelly 1887 3 119 Al Maul 1887 7 10 Jack McGeachey 1887 1 99 Darby O'Brien 1887 1 134 Tom O'Brien 1887 1 32 Bob Pettit 1887 1 33 Tom Poorman 1887 1 137 Blondie Purcell 1887 1 140 Paul Radford 1887 2 131 Phil Reccius 1887 1 73 Danny Richardson 1887 1 122 Yank Robinson 1887 1 128 Chief Roseman 1887 2 84 Cyclone Ryan 1887 2 8 Jimmy Ryan 1887 8 125 Frank Scheibeck 1887 1 2 Joe Sommer 1887 1 135 Cub Stricker 1887 3 132 Marty Sullivan 1887 1 115 Charlie Sweeney 1887 3 34 George Tebeau 1887 1 84 Mike Tiernan 1887 5 103 Ned Williamson 1887 1 127 Myron Allen 1888 2 35 Lou Bierbauer 1888 1 134 Oyster Burns 1888 5 135 Pop Corkhill 1888 2 137 Jerry Denny 1888 1 127 Red Ehret 1888 7 12 Buck Ewing 1888 2 103 Billy George 1888 4 6 Bob Gilks 1888 4 120 Jack Glasscock 1888 1 113 Al Maul 1888 3 72 Tommy McCarthy 1888 2 131 Jack McGeachey 1888 1 118 Jimmy Ryan 1888 8 128 Jumbo Schoeneck 1888 2 48 George Shoch 1888 1 88 Cub Stricker 1888 2 128 Tommy Tucker 1888 1 136 Larry Twitchell 1888 2 131 George Wood 1888 2 106 Charlie Comiskey 1889 1 140 Ed Daily 1889 2 136 Buck Ewing 1889 3 98 Jim Fogarty 1889 4 128 Billy George 1889 2 7 Jack Glasscock 1889 1 134 Gil Hatfield 1889 6 26 Arthur Irwin 1889 1 104 Mike Mattimore 1889 6 38 Al Maul 1889 6 64 Tommy McCarthy 1889 1 142 Jack McGeachey 1889 3 131 John Morrill 1889 1 44 Billy Nash 1889 1 128 Harry Raymond 1889 1 130 Larry Twitchell 1889 1 134 Art Whitney 1889 1 129 George Wood 1889 1 101 Ed Beecher 1890 1 126 Spider Clark 1890 1 71 Vince Dailey 1890 2 64 Tom Dowse 1890 1 39 Bones Ely 1890 1 121 Buck Ewing 1890 1 82 Jim Field 1890 2 51 Dave Foutz 1890 5 126 Bob Gilks 1890 4 128 John Grim 1890 1 53 Gil Hatfield 1890 3 73 King Kelly 1890 1 96 Harry Lyons 1890 1 135 Deacon McGuire 1890 1 89 Billy Nash 1890 1 132 Fred Osborne 1890 8 35 Paul Radford 1890 1 127 Joe Sommer 1890 1 47 Billy Sunday 1890 1 117 Ed Swartwood 1890 1 126 George Tebeau 1890 1 94 Curt Welch 1890 1 122 Deacon White 1890 1 122 George Davis 1891 3 138 Dave Foutz 1891 6 125 Gil Hatfield 1891 4 135 King Kelly 1891 3 114 Bobby Lowe 1891 1 127 Al Maul 1891 8 40 Tommy McCarthy 1891 1 140 Paul Radford 1891 1 135 Jimmy Ryan 1891 2 119 Ed Seward 1891 3 4 John Shearon 1891 6 25 Tommy Tucker 1891 1 140 Larry Twitchell 1891 6 56 George Van Haltren 1891 6 142 Farmer Vaughn 1891 1 79 Bug Holliday 1892 1 152 King Kelly 1892 1 78 Fred Pfeffer 1892 1 126 Jack Sharrott 1892 1 3 George Van Haltren 1892 4 149 Jimmy Bannon 1893 1 26 Dave Foutz 1893 6 131 Paul Radford 1893 1 124 Jimmy Ryan 1893 1 83 Jake Virtue 1893 1 96 Jimmy Bannon 1894 1 128 Bones Ely 1894 1 127 Dave Foutz 1894 1 73 Charlie Frank 1894 2 80 Tommy McCarthy 1894 1 130 Heinie Peitz 1894 1 100 Fred Pfeffer 1894 1 106 Mike Smith 1894 1 126 Tuck Turner 1894 1 80 Larry Twitchell 1894 1 51 Jake Virtue 1894 1 26 Jimmy Bannon 1895 1 123 Joe Corbett 1895 3 4 Tom Gettinger 1895 2 63 Ducky Holmes 1895 2 41 Tom McCreery 1895 8 24 George Van Haltren 1895 1 131 Charlie Abbey 1896 1 78 Bill Hallman 1896 1 120 Bug Holliday 1896 1 22 Ducky Holmes 1896 2 35 Malachi Kittridge 1896 1 64 Sport McAllister 1896 1 6 Tom McCreery 1896 1 112 Tom Parrott 1896 7 114 Patsy Tebeau 1896 1 135 George Van Haltren 1896 2 133 Charlie Gettig 1897 3 19 Sport McAllister 1897 4 38 Heinie Peitz 1897 2 71 Charlie Hickman 1898 6 13 Mike Smith 1898 1 123 Jack Stivetts 1898 2 30 Suter Sullivan 1898 1 40 Mike Donlin 1899 3 67 Buck Freeman 1899 2 155 Harry Lochhead 1899 1 147 Sport McAllister 1899 3 113 Heinie Peitz 1899 1 92 Chick Stahl 1899 1 148 Jack Stivetts 1899 7 9 Tom McCreery 1900 1 35 Roy Thomas 1900 1 139 George Van Haltren 1900 1 141 Honus Wagner 1900 1 137 Bill Bradley 1901 1 133 Roger Bresnahan 1901 2 83 Tom Donovan 1901 1 18 Jim Jones 1901 1 20 Jimmy McAleer 1901 1 3 Heinie Smith 1901 2 7 George Van Haltren 1901 1 135 Jake Beckley 1902 1 129 Pat Carney 1902 2 137 Mike Donlin 1902 1 33 Jack Dunn 1902 3 99 Charlie Hickman 1902 1 128 Cy Seymour 1902 1 134 Honus Wagner 1902 1 138 Jimmy Callahan 1903 3 110 Jim Hackett 1903 7 89 Danny Hoffman 1903 1 62 George Merritt 1903 1 7 Joe Stanley 1903 1 78 Henry Thielman 1903 4 5 Joe Yeager 1903 1 108 Frank Bowerman 1904 1 90 Lou Bruce 1904 2 27 Pat Carney 1904 4 72 Jack Dunleavy 1904 7 44 Jack Dunn 1904 1 54 Pat Hynes 1904 5 63 Johnny Lush 1904 7 95 Art Hoelskoetter 1905 1 23 Del Howard 1905 1 118 Johnny Lush 1905 2 3 Ike Van Zandt 1905 1 76
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