:Rip Hagerman

{{Short description|American baseball player (1888–1930)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Rip Hagerman

| image = Rip Hagerman.jpeg

| caption =

| position = Pitcher

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1886|6|20}}

| birth_place = Lyndon, Kansas

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1930|1|30|1886|6|20}}

| death_place = Albuquerque, New Mexico

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = April 16

| debutyear = 1909

| debutteam = Chicago Cubs

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate = May 11

| finalyear = 1916

| finalteam = Cleveland Indians

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Win/Loss Record

| stat1value = 19-33

| stat2label = Strikeouts

| stat2value = 214

| stat3label = Earned run average

| stat3value = 3.09

| teams =

• Chicago Cubs (1909)
• Cleveland Naps/Indians (1914–1916)

}}

Zerah Zequiel "Rip" Hagerman (June 20, 1888 – January 30, 1930) was a Major League Baseball player who played pitcher from {{baseball year|1909}}-{{baseball year|1916}}. He would play for the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians.

In May 1910, Hagerman signed with the Lincoln Railsplitters of the Western League.{{cite news|title=Untitled|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88084272/1910-05-27/ed-1/seq-4/#date1=1789&index=10&rows=20&words=Hagerman+Rip&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1924&proxtext=Rip+Hagerman&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1|accessdate=June 15, 2017|work=El Paso Herald|date=May 27, 1910|location=El Paso, Texas|page=4}} On December 7, 1912 Hagerman was traded by the Railsplitters to the Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League.{{cite news|title=Notes of Sportdom|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87096037/1913-01-02/ed-1/seq-6/#date1=1789&index=0&rows=20&words=Hagerman+Rip&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1924&proxtext=Rip+Hagerman&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=2|accessdate=June 16, 2017|work=The Hope Pioneer|date=January 2, 1913|location=Hope, North Dakota|page=6}}{{cite news|title=Lincoln Sells Hagerman|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025182/1912-12-08/ed-1/seq-7/#date1=1789&index=2&rows=20&words=Hagerman+Rip&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1924&proxtext=Rip+Hagerman&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=2|accessdate=June 16, 2017|work=The Daily Gate City|date=December 8, 1912|location=Keokuk, Iowa|page=7}}

Hagerman married Maude McQuade in Chicago, Illinois, on May 17, 1910.{{cite news|title=Hagerman Takes Wife|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82016014/1910-05-18/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1789&index=8&rows=20&words=Hagerman+Zerah&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1924&proxtext=Zerah+Hagerman&y=18&x=26&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1|accessdate=June 15, 2017|work=The Topeka State Journal|date=May 18, 1910|location=Topeka, Kansas|page=1}}

In November 1914 the Chicago Whales of the Federal League and Hagerman negotiated a contract, but failed to come to an agreement.{{cite news|title=Pickin' On Naps Again|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025182/1914-11-25/ed-1/seq-6/#date1=1789&index=14&rows=20&words=Hagerman+Rip&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1924&proxtext=Rip+Hagerman&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1|accessdate=June 16, 2017|work=The Daily Gate City|date=November 25, 1914|location=Keokuk, Iowa)|page=6}}

The Indians released Hagerman to the Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League in May 1916.{{cite news|title=Indians Release Rip Hagerman|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045433/1916-05-24/ed-1/seq-10/#date1=1789&index=9&rows=20&words=Hagerman+Rip&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1924&proxtext=Rip+Hagerman&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1|accessdate=June 16, 2017|work=The Washington Herald|date=May 24, 1916|location=Washington, D.C.|page=10}}

Before the 1917 season Portland traded Hagerman to the St. Paul Saints. At first he was reluctant to join the club and voiced his desire to return to the Pacific Coast League, however, he signed with St. Paul in March 1917.{{cite news|title="Rip" Hagerman Finally Signs With St. Paul|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058396/1917-03-08/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1789&index=11&rows=20&words=HAGERMAN+RIP&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1924&proxtext=Rip+Hagerman&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1|accessdate=June 16, 2017|work=The Ogden Standard|date=March 8, 1917|location=Ogden, Utah|page=2}}