Peter John Kilduff (April 4, 1893 – February 14, 1930), was a professional baseball player who played second base from 1917 to 1921, with the Giants, Cubs, and Brooklyn Robbins, and as a player / manager in the minors for several years after. Starting 2B for the pennant winning 1920 Brooklyn Robbins, hitting .272/.351/.360 with good defense, good for 3.4 fWAR at the age of 27. He appeared in the 1920 World Series with the Brooklyn Robins where he was one of three outs in Bill Wambsganss's unassisted triple play. Still currently the only unassisted triple play ever in post season play. He was again a solid contributor in 1921 at the age of 28 but was optioned down to the minors for the 1922 season.
Kilduff was one of three players from tiny Weir City, Kansas to come to the majors in the early twentieth century. He played for Oklahoma City from 1914-1916 and for Omaha in 1917. When Buck Herzog was injured, the 1917 New York Giants called Kilduff up to play second base.
He was soon traded to the 1917 Chicago Cubs and the next year was part of their pennant-winning team. However, he was not in the 1918 World Series as he was serving in the Navy at the time. He was again traded to the Brooklyn Robins where he finished his major league career.
Over his ten seasons in the minors, he also played five with the San Francisco Seals (1022-1926) in the Pacific Coast League with 487 RBI's and 57 home runs, and winning the PCL championship in 1922, 1923 and 1925, winning the 1923 Pennant and came within a game and a half of the 1924 pennant. He was a teammate the whole time with Babe Ellison. He also played in the 1925 PCL All-Star team, and as 2B for what was considered the best infield in PCL history from 1922-1925.
pete, kilduff, peter, john, kilduff, april, 1893, february, 1930, professional, baseball, player, played, second, base, from, 1917, 1921, with, giants, cubs, brooklyn, robbins, player, manager, minors, several, years, after, starting, pennant, winning, 1920, b. Peter John Kilduff April 4 1893 February 14 1930 was a professional baseball player who played second base from 1917 to 1921 with the Giants Cubs and Brooklyn Robbins and as a player manager in the minors for several years after Starting 2B for the pennant winning 1920 Brooklyn Robbins hitting 272 351 360 with good defense good for 3 4 fWAR at the age of 27 He appeared in the 1920 World Series with the Brooklyn Robins where he was one of three outs in Bill Wambsganss s unassisted triple play Still currently the only unassisted triple play ever in post season play He was again a solid contributor in 1921 at the age of 28 but was optioned down to the minors for the 1922 season Pete KilduffSecond basemanBorn 1893 04 04 April 4 1893Weir KansasDied February 14 1930 1930 02 14 aged 36 Pittsburg KansasBatted RightThrew RightMLB debutApril 18 1917 for the New York GiantsLast MLB appearanceSeptember 28 1921 for the Brooklyn RobinsMLB statisticsBatting average 270Home runs4Runs batted in160TeamsNew York Giants 1917 Chicago Cubs 1917 1919 Brooklyn Robins 1919 1921 Kilduff was one of three players from tiny Weir City Kansas to come to the majors in the early twentieth century He played for Oklahoma City from 1914 1916 and for Omaha in 1917 When Buck Herzog was injured the 1917 New York Giants called Kilduff up to play second base He was soon traded to the 1917 Chicago Cubs and the next year was part of their pennant winning team However he was not in the 1918 World Series as he was serving in the Navy at the time He was again traded to the Brooklyn Robins where he finished his major league career Over his ten seasons in the minors he also played five with the San Francisco Seals 1022 1926 in the Pacific Coast League with 487 RBI s and 57 home runs and winning the PCL championship in 1922 1923 and 1925 winning the 1923 Pennant and came within a game and a half of the 1924 pennant He was a teammate the whole time with Babe Ellison He also played in the 1925 PCL All Star team and as 2B for what was considered the best infield in PCL history from 1922 1925 He was scheduled to be the manager for the San Francisco Seals when he died of appendicitis just before the 1930 season In 428 games over five seasons in the majors Kilduff posted a 270 batting average 374 for 1384 with 163 runs 62 doubles 28 triples 4 home runs 160 RBIs 28 stolen bases 134 bases on balls 338 on base percentage and 364 slugging percentage He finished his MLB career with a 952 fielding percentage playing at second third base and shortstop External links EditCareer statistics and player information from Baseball Reference or Baseball Reference Minors Pete Kilduff at SABR Baseball BioProject nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to an American baseball second baseman is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pete Kilduff amp oldid 1151461593, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
