He signed with the Yankees in 1961 and was in his third year in their farm system when he was called to the majors in August 1963. He was treated roughly by the Baltimore Orioles in his August 4 debut, allowing a home run to John Orsino, five hits and three earned runs in two innings pitched,[1] but, over his last seven appearances and 11 innings pitched in the majors, he permitted only one run. Metcalf gained a measure of revenge against Baltimore on September 1. He entered the game in the sixth inning with New York trailing 3–0, and worked two innings, allowing three hits and one run. He then departed for a pinch hitter—Mickey Mantle—with the Orioles leading, 4–1. Mantle belted a two-run home run off Mike McCormick to bring the Yankees to within a run, and three batters later, Tom Tresh hit another two-run blast, giving New York a 5–4 lead. Hal Reniff the held the Orioles scoreless, registering a save, and preserving Metcalf's only MLB victory.[2]
The 1963 season was Metcalf's only campaign in the majors. In his eight games pitched and 13 innings, he posted a 1–0 won–lost mark with an earned run average of 2.77, allowing four runs, 12 hits and three bases on balls, with three strikeouts.[3] He retired after the 1965 minor-league season.
Metcalf currently resides in Wisconsin Rapids and is the owner of Metcalf Lumber.
Referencesedit
^Retrosheet (4 August 1963), "Baltimore Orioles 7, New York Yankees 2"
^Retrosheet (1 September 1963): "New York Yankees 5, Baltimore Orioles 4"
metcalf, this, article, about, american, baseball, pitcher, english, footballer, footballer, this, biography, living, person, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, adding, reliable, sources, contentious, material, about, living, persons, th. This article is about the American baseball pitcher For the English footballer see Tom Metcalf footballer This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Tom Metcalf news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2008 Learn how and when to remove this template message Thomas John Metcalf born July 16 1940 is an American former professional baseball pitcher who appeared in eight games all in relief in Major League Baseball for the 1963 New York Yankees Born in Amherst Wisconsin Metcalf graduated from Lincoln High School in Wisconsin Rapids and attended Northwestern University He threw and batted right handed and stood 6 feet 2 inches 1 88 m tall during his active career Tom MetcalfRelief pitcherBorn 1940 07 16 July 16 1940 age 83 Amherst WisconsinBatted RightThrew RightMLB debutAugust 4 1963 for the New York YankeesLast MLB appearanceSeptember 20 1963 for the New York YankeesMLB statisticsWin loss record1 0Earned run average2 77Innings pitched13TeamsNew York Yankees 1963 He signed with the Yankees in 1961 and was in his third year in their farm system when he was called to the majors in August 1963 He was treated roughly by the Baltimore Orioles in his August 4 debut allowing a home run to John Orsino five hits and three earned runs in two innings pitched 1 but over his last seven appearances and 11 innings pitched in the majors he permitted only one run Metcalf gained a measure of revenge against Baltimore on September 1 He entered the game in the sixth inning with New York trailing 3 0 and worked two innings allowing three hits and one run He then departed for a pinch hitter Mickey Mantle with the Orioles leading 4 1 Mantle belted a two run home run off Mike McCormick to bring the Yankees to within a run and three batters later Tom Tresh hit another two run blast giving New York a 5 4 lead Hal Reniff the held the Orioles scoreless registering a save and preserving Metcalf s only MLB victory 2 The 1963 season was Metcalf s only campaign in the majors In his eight games pitched and 13 innings he posted a 1 0 won lost mark with an earned run average of 2 77 allowing four runs 12 hits and three bases on balls with three strikeouts 3 He retired after the 1965 minor league season Metcalf currently resides in Wisconsin Rapids and is the owner of Metcalf Lumber References edit Retrosheet 4 August 1963 Baltimore Orioles 7 New York Yankees 2 Retrosheet 1 September 1963 New York Yankees 5 Baltimore Orioles 4 Baseball AlmanacExternal links editCareer statistics and player information from Baseball Reference nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to an American baseball pitcher born in the 1940s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tom Metcalf amp oldid 1095263426, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
