Tommy Bond (baseball)

Tommy Bond
Pitcher/Right fielder
Born: (1856-04-02)April 2, 1856 Granard, Ireland
Died: Boston, Massachusetts
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
May 5, 1874, for the Brooklyn Atlantics
Last MLB appearance
August 11, 1884, for the Indianapolis Hoosiers
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	234–163
Earned run average	2.31
Strikeouts	879
Complete games	386
Teams
As player Brooklyn Atlantics (1874) Hartford Dark Blues (1875–1876) Boston Red Caps (1877–1881) Worcester Ruby Legs (1882) Boston Reds (1884) Indianapolis Hoosiers (1884) As manager Worcester Ruby Legs (1882)
Career highlights and awards
Triple Crown (1877) 2× NL wins leader (1877, 1878) 2× NL ERA leader (1877, 1879) 2× NL strikeout leader (1877, 1878)

Thomas Henry Bond (April 2, 1856 – January 24, 1941) was a Major League Baseball player who was a pitcher and a right fielder a total of ten seasons. A native of Granard, Ireland, he is the first man born in Ireland to play Major League Baseball. Bond was also the last survivor of the National League's first season (1876). Bond played for six teams during his career: the Brooklyn Atlantics (1874), Hartford Dark Blues (1875–76), Boston Red Caps (1877–81), Worcester Ruby Legs (1882), Boston Reds (1884), and Indianapolis Hoosiers (1884). He also managed the Worcester team for six games.

During his 10-season career, he was a three-time 40-game winner, played for two National League pennant-winning clubs, and regularly finished in the top ten in many pitching categories. In 1877, he was the first winner of baseball's pitching triple crown, leading the NL in wins (40), earned run average (2.11), and strikeouts (170). His career statistics include a record of 234-163, 386 complete games in 408 starts, 42 shutouts, and an ERA of 2.31. Bond also played 92 games in the outfield, a few more in the infield, and batted .238 with 174 RBI and 213 runs scored. Bond is the all-time baseball leader in strikeouts per walks, at a 4.44 ratio, for pitchers who threw a minimum 1000 innings.

Bond died the age of 84 in Boston, Massachusetts, and is interred at Forest Hills Cemetery.

Honors

In the Irish Baseball League, the annual award for the best pitcher is named "The 'Tommy Bond' Best Pitcher Award."

See also

• List of Major League Baseball leaders in career wins
• Triple Crown
• List of Major League Baseball ERA champions
• List of Major League Baseball strikeout champions
• List of Major League Baseball wins champions
• List of players from Ireland in Major League Baseball
• List of Major League Baseball player–managers
• Baseball awards#Ireland

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)

Preceded by First Triple Crown Winner

National League Pitching Triple Crown 1877

Succeeded by Charlie Radbourn