Roger Peckinpaugh

Roger Thorpe Peckinpaugh

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 10½", Weight 165 lb.
• High School East Technical High School
• Debut September 15, 1910
• Final Game September 25, 1927
• Born February 5, 1891 in Wooster, OH USA
• Died November 17, 1977 in Cleveland, OH USA

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Biographical Information

Shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh played seventeen years in the majors and won the 1925 American League Most Valuable Player Award. He also managed in the big leagues for eight seasons and was a front office executive.

Peckinpaugh reached the majors with the Cleveland Naps late in 1910 and returned to the team in 1912 and briefly in 1913 before being traded to the New York Yankees that year. He was the Yankees' shortstop for nine seasons and, as a 23-year-old, managed the club for the final 20 games of the 1914 season. He had his best year with the team in 1921, hitting .288 while scoring 128 runs and driving in 72 as the club won the American League pennant. Nonetheless, following the season, he was traded to the Boston Red Sox, who in turn sent him to the Washington Senators less than a month later.

With the Senators, Peckinpaugh teamed with second baseman Bucky Harris to form a double play combination for more than four seasons. In the 1924 World Series, he hit .417 as Washington beat the New York Giants in seven games. The next summer, he hit .294 and was named AL Most Valuable Player but stuggled in the postseason, making eight errors in seven games in the 1925 World Series, as the Senators fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was replaced at shortstop by Buddy Myer the following season and traded to the Chicago White Sox before the 1927 campaign. After one year in Chicago, he retired as a player.

From 1928 to 1933, Peckinpaugh was manager of the Cleveland Indians, leading them to a best finish of third in 1929. In 1934, he managed the Kansas City Blues to a 65-88 record and eighth place in the American Association. Five years later, he was skipper of the New Orleans Pelicans, an Indians farm team, and went 57-93 to finish eighth in the Southern Association. He managed the Indians again in 1941 and then was their General Manager until 1946.

Peckinbaugh died from cancer and heart disease at age 86.

Notable Achievements

• AL MVP (1925)
• 100 Runs Scored Seasons: 2 (1920 & 1921)
• Won a World Series with the Washington Senators in 1924

AL MVP
1924	1925	1926
Walter Johnson	Roger Peckinpaugh	George Burns

Preceded by Frank Chance

New York Yankees Manager 1914

Succeeded by Bill Donovan

Preceded by Jack McCallister

Cleveland Indians Manager 1928-1933

Succeeded by Walter Johnson

Preceded by Ossie Vitt

Cleveland Indians Manager 1941

Succeeded by Lou Boudreau

Preceded by Cy Slapnicka

Cleveland Indians General Manager 1941-1946

Succeeded by Bill Veeck

Year-By-Year Managerial Record

Year	Team	League	Record	Finish	Organization	Playoffs	Notes
1914	New York Yankees	American League	10-10	6th	New York Yankees		replaced Frank Chance (60-74) on September 15
1928	Cleveland Indians	American League	62-92	7th	Cleveland Indians
1929	Cleveland Indians	American League	81-71	3rd	Cleveland Indians
1930	Cleveland Indians	American League	81-73	4th	Cleveland Indians
1931	Cleveland Indians	American League	78-76	4th	Cleveland Indians
1932	Cleveland Indians	American League	87-65	4th	Cleveland Indians
1933	Cleveland Indians	American League	26-25	--	Cleveland Indians		replaced by Bibb Falk on June 10
1934	Kansas City Blues	American Association	65-88	8th	none
1939	New Orleans Pelicans	Southern Association	57-93	8th	Cleveland Indians
1941	Cleveland Indians	American League	75-79	5th	Cleveland Indians

Related Sites

• Roger Peckinmpaugh at the SABR Bio Project
• BR Manager page