Hub Pernoll

Hub Pernoll
1911 tobacco card of Pernoll
Pitcher
Born: (1888-03-14)March 14, 1888
Applegate, Oregon
Died: February 18, 1944(1944-02-18) (aged 55)
Grants Pass, Oregon
Batted: Right
Threw: Left
MLB debut
April 25, 1910, for the Detroit Tigers
Last MLB appearance
May 13, 1912, for the Detroit Tigers
MLB statistics
Win–loss record4–3
Earned run average3.39
Strikeouts28
Teams

Henry Huston Pernoll (March 14, 1888 – February 18, 1944), also variously known by the nicknames "Hub", "Piano Legs", "Jud", "Bud, "Buddy", and "Busher", was an American left-handed pitcher in baseball.

Pernoll played professional baseball for nine years from 1907 to 1915, including parts of the 1910 and 1912 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers. He appeared in 14 major league games and compiled a 4–3 record with a 3.39 earned run average (ERA) in 63-2/3 inning pitched.

A native of Oregon, Pernoll also played in the Pacific Coast League for the Portland Beavers (1907–1908), Oakland Oaks (1911–1913), and San Francisco Seals (1913–1915).

Early years

Pernoll was born in 1888 on the Pernoll family homestead at Applegate, Oregon.[1][2] He began pitching for the local team in Applegate. He then attracted the attention of the team in Grants Pass, Oregon, where he played in 1906 and 1907. He was described as "one of the best pitchers that ever threw a ball on any Southern Oregon diamond."[3]

Professional baseball

Pernoll joined the Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League (PCL) in July 1907. He made his debut under the name "Busher Pernoll" on July 24, 1907, shutting out the Los Angeles Angels. At the time, The Oregon Daily Journal described him as a short, stout 19-year-old who had learned to throw a curve in the mountains near Grants Pass, Oregon.[4]

Pernoll also pitched for the Aberdeen Black Cats in 1908 and 1909.[5] Playing against his former Portland teammates on May 20, 1909, he threw a complete-game shutout and also hit a double to bat in the winning run.[6] He won 20 of his first 28 games in 1909, leading to a bidding war among major league teams for his services. In August 1909, the Detroit Tigers paid $4,000 for Pernoll to join them in 1910.[7][8] He finished the 1909 season in Aberdeen with a 25-15 record.[9]

In 1910, Pernoll appeared in 11 games, five as a starter, for the Tigers. In his first start, he pitched a one-hit complete-game against the St. Louis Browns on April 27, 1910.[10] He compiled a 4–3 record with a 2.96 ERA in 54-2/3 innings pitched during the 1910 campaign.[2] In March 1910, the Detroit Free Press wrote: "Pernoll is an extremely stocky pitcher, burly as George Mullin ever was before he adopted his present scheme of training. He pitches with a peculiar short jerk motion, using no body swing, but getting the speed. He does it with his muscles alone."[11]

Prior to the 1911 season, the Oakland Oaks of the Pacific Coast League purchased Pernoll's release from the Tigers for $4,000.[12]

He returned briefly to the Tigers in 1912 and appeared in three games, all in relief, compiling a 6.00 ERA. He appeared in his final major league game on May 13, 1912.[2] He rejoined the Oakland Oaks in June 1912.[13] He continued with the Oaks through the 1912 season, compiling a 4–11 record in 19 games.[14]

Pernoll started the 1913 season with Oakland and ended it with the San Francisco Seals. In 39 games played for both Oakland and San Francisco, he compiled a 15–14 record in 246 innings pitched.[15] In 1914, he appeared in 50 games for the Seals and compiled a 22-22 record with a career-low 2.09 ERA.[5]

He also pitched in 1916 and from 1919 to 1927 for the Grants Pass team with which he played at the beginning of his career.[16][17][18][19][20]

Later years

After retiring from baseball, Pernoll lived in Grants Pass, Oregon. He operated the Owl Billiard Parlor in Grants Pass for 25 years starting in approximately 1919. He died from a heart ailment in 1944 at Josephine General Hospital in Grants Pass at age 55.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Jud Pernoll, 54, To Last Reward". Medford Mail Tribune. February 20, 1944. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b c "Hub Pernoll". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  3. ^ "Pernoll To Try Out With the Big Leaguers". Rogue River Courier (Grants Pass, Oregon). June 28, 1907. p. 7.
  4. ^ "Pernoll Twirls Winning Game". The Oregon Daily Journal. July 25, 1907. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b "Hub Pernoll Minor League Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  6. ^ "Pernoll Hangs It On Equines". The Oregon Daily Journal. May 21, 1909. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Jud Pernoll Goes To American League". Rogue River Courier. August 13, 1909. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Local Pitcher Goes East: Pernoll Is Signed With the Detroit Baseball Club". The Medford Mail. August 20, 1908. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Clyde Hall Is Leading Pitcher". The Butte Inter Mountain. October 11, 1909. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Pernoll A Winner In First Full Game Against Big Team". Detroit Free Press. April 28, 1910. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Told About The Tigers". Detroit Free Press. March 19, 1910. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Pernoll Signs As Oakland Pitcher". Oakland Tribune. January 19, 1911. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Pernoll Looks To Have Goods". Oakland Tribune. June 23, 1912. p. 37 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Oakland Pitcher Is Head of List in Coast League". Oakland Oaks. November 16, 1912. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Official Pitching Record Pacific Coast Baseball League". Oakland Tribune. November 16, 1913. p. 46 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "Grants Pass To Play K.F. Here". The Evening Herald. May 25, 1916. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "Ashland Team Is Going Great Guns". Ashland Weekly Tidings. July 29, 1919. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ "Minor Baseball". The Oregon Daily Journal. June 24, 1921. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ^ "Grants Pass Defeats Fast Roseburg Team by Score 6 to 3". Roseburg News-Review. May 15, 1922. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ "Pernoll Touched For 14 Hits, But His Team Wins". Roseburg News-Review. June 7, 1926. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
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