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Tiny Bonham

American baseball player (1913–1949)

PersonDied aged 36humanQ7808575

Born: August 16, 1913
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1.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Died: September 15, 1949
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1.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Birthplace: Ione
Place of death: Pittsburgh
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: baseball player
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1.Stated in Baseball ReferenceRetrieved 2022-04-21
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Education: Argonaut High School

Overview

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Ernest Edward "Tiny" Bonham was an American professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). From 1940 to 1949, he played for the New York Yankees (1940–1946) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1947–1949). Bonham, who batted and threw right-handed, won 21 games for the Yankees in 1942. He was born in Ione, California, and nicknamed "Tiny" because he was an imposing 6 feet 2 inches (188 cm) tall and weighed 215 pounds.

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MLB batting stats — season by season

10 seasons · from AIDB's MLB batting dataset

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1940	New York Yankees	12	37	3	7	1	2	0	2	6	.189	.231	.216	.447
1941	New York Yankees	23	50	1	8	0	2	0	2	12	.160	.192	.160	.352
1942	New York Yankees	28	74	4	9	0	2	0	3	17	.122	.167	.122	.288
1943	New York Yankees	28	76	5	15	1	2	0	4	15	.197	.238	.211	.448
1944	New York Yankees	26	75	5	10	1	3	1	5	12	.133	.188	.147	.334
1945	New York Yankees	23	63	6	15	5	4	0	5	9	.238	.294	.317	.612
1946	New York Yankees	18	31	4	4	0	1	0	4	5	.129	.229	.129	.358
1947	Pittsburgh Pirates	33	45	4	7	1	4	0	3	5	.156	.224	.178	.402
1948	Pittsburgh Pirates	22	49	2	8	0	3	0	0	7	.163	.163	.163	.327
1949	Pittsburgh Pirates	18	22	0	1	0	3	0	3	1	.045	.160	.045	.205
Career		231	522	34	84	9	26	1	31	89	.161	.211	.178	.389

MLB pitching stats — season by season

10 seasons · from AIDB's MLB pitching dataset

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1940	New York Yankees	9	3	12	12	10	3	0	99.1	83	21	4	13	37	1.90	.966
1941	New York Yankees	9	6	23	14	7	1	2	126.2	118	42	12	31	43	2.98	1.176
1942	New York Yankees	21	5	28	27	22	6	0	226.0	199	57	11	24	71	2.27	.987
1943	New York Yankees	15	8	28	26	17	4	1	225.2	197	57	13	52	71	2.27	1.103
1944	New York Yankees	12	9	26	25	17	1	0	213.2	228	71	14	41	54	2.99	1.259
1945	New York Yankees	8	11	23	23	12	0	0	180.2	186	66	11	22	42	3.29	1.151
1946	New York Yankees	5	8	18	14	6	2	3	104.2	97	43	6	23	30	3.70	1.146
1947	Pittsburgh Pirates	11	8	33	18	7	3	3	149.2	167	64	17	35	63	3.85	1.350
1948	Pittsburgh Pirates	6	10	22	20	7	0	0	135.2	145	65	18	23	42	4.31	1.238
1949	Pittsburgh Pirates	7	4	18	14	5	1	0	89.0	81	42	11	23	25	4.25	1.169
Career		103	72	231	193	110	21	9	1,551.0	1,501	528	117	287	478	3.06	1.153

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Sex or gender: male
Member of sports team: Pittsburgh Pirates
New York Yankees
Position played on team / speciality: pitcher
Sport: baseball
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1.Stated in MLB.comRetrieved 2022-05-04
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Given name: Tiny
League: Major League Baseball
Family name: Bonham

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