Cack Henley
{{redirect|Clarence Henley|American competitive car driver|Henley Gray}}
{{Short description|American baseball player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
| name=Cack Henley
| image=1910 Cack Henley.jpeg
| caption=Henley in 1910
| position=Pitcher
| bats=Right
| throws=Right
| birth_date={{birth date|1884|6|21}}
| birth_place=Sacramento, California, US
| death_date={{death date and age|1929|7|9|1884|6|21}}
| death_place=Sacramento, California, US
| hoflink= Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame
| hoftype= Pacific Coast League
| hofdate= 2003
}}
Clarence T. "Cack" Henley (June 21, 1884 – July 9, 1929) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played for the San Francisco Seals and Venice / Vernon Tigers of the Pacific Coast League from 1905 to 1915. He is a member of the PCL Hall of Fame.
Early life and career
Henley was born in Sacramento, California. He worked with his father as a bricklayer, while he began his baseball career as a pitcher.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84197409/long-lean-lank-slivers-henley-is-sea/ |title=Long, Lean, Lank 'Slivers' Henley Is Seals Mainstay |via=Newspapers.com |date=October 9, 1910 |accessdate=August 26, 2021}} In 1903, he pitched in an outlaw league.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84195663/american-scouts-after-hero-of-24-inning/ |title=American Scouts After Hero of 24-Inning Game |work=The Spokane Press|page=8|via=Newspapers.com |date=September 2, 1909 |accessdate=August 26, 2021}}
Pacific Coast League
Henley joined the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League in 1905.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/606478954/?terms=%22clarence%20henley%22&match=1 |title=1 May 1905, 2 |newspaper= The Sacramento Star |via=Newspapers.com |date=May 1, 1905 |accessdate=August 26, 2021}} He played for the Pueblo Indians of the Western League and the Sacramento Cordovas of the California League due to the 1906 San Francisco fire during the 1906 season, but returned to the Seals the next year.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/606572830/?terms=%22clarence%20henley%22&match=1 |title=14 Mar 1907, 2 |newspaper=The Sacramento Star |via=Newspapers.com |date=March 14, 1907 |accessdate=August 28, 2021}}
On June 8, 1909, Henley pitched a 24-inning complete game shutout against the Oakland Oaks, with the Seals winning the game 1–0. This is the longest complete game shutout in baseball history.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81183036/clarence-cack-henley/ |title=1909 complete-game shutout is one for baseball's record books|first=Carlos|last=Alcalá|work=The Sacramento Bee|page=B1, B6|via=Newspapers.com |date=June 8, 2009|accessdate=August 26, 2021|quote=The record has not been broken – and perhaps cannot be. One hundred years ago today, a young Sacramentan threw the longest shutout by a single pitcher in professional baseball history: 24 innings.}} He finished the 1909 season with a 31–10 win–loss record; his .756 winning percentage was the best in the PCL.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/457652959/?terms=%22clarence%20henley%22&match=1 |title=19 Dec 1909, 31 |newspaper= The San Francisco Examiner |via=Newspapers.com |date=December 19, 1909 |accessdate=August 26, 2021}} Henley won 34 games in the 1910 season, setting a PCL record.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/27362362/?terms=%22cack%20henley%22&match=1 |title=16 Oct 1922|page= 1 |newspaper= San Francisco Chronicle |via=Newspapers.com |date=October 16, 1922 |accessdate=August 28, 2021}}
After the 1913 season, San Francisco traded Henley and Roy McArdle to the Venice Tigers for Spider Baum.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84156386/baum-is-traded-for-mardle-and-henley/ |title=Baum is Traded for M'Ardle and Henley |via=Newspapers.com |date=January 3, 1914 |accessdate=August 26, 2021}} Henley did not report to the Tigers in 1916 due to a salary dispute, as the Tigers wanted to cut his salary.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/607143058/?terms=%22cack%20henley%22%20colusa&match=1 |title=14 Mar 1916, 6 |newspaper= The Sacramento Star |via=Newspapers.com |date=March 14, 1916 |accessdate=August 26, 2021}} He signed on with the Sacramento franchise in the independent Trolley League.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/616705813/?terms=%22cack%20henley%22%20vernon&match=1 |title=10 Apr 1916, 10 |newspaper= The Sacramento Bee |via=Newspapers.com |date=April 10, 1916 |accessdate=August 26, 2021}} Henley also played for the Colusa Prune Pickers of the Trolley League in 1916.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/616697483/?terms=%22cack%20henley%22%20vernon&match=1 |title=28 Aug 1916, 13 |newspaper= The Sacramento Bee |via=Newspapers.com |date=August 28, 1916 |accessdate=August 26, 2021}}
Henley had a career record of {{winning percentage|218|174|record=y}} in the PCL.[https://web.archive.org/web/20211030002033/https://www.milb.com/pacific-coast/history/hall-of-fame/cack-henley "Cack Henley"]. milb.com. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
Later life
After he retired from baseball, Henley drove a school bus in Fruitridge Pocket, California. Henley died on July 9, 1929, during an operation.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84154456/cack-henley-noted-pitcher-of-past-di/ |title="Cack" Henley, Noted Pitcher of Past, Dies After Operation |work=The Sacramento Bee|via=Newspapers.com |date=July 10, 1929 |accessdate=August 26, 2021}}
Henley was inducted into the Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame in 2003.{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/news/gcs-20156548 |title=The Official Site of Minor League Baseball |publisher=Minor League Baseball |date= |access-date=August 26, 2021}}
References
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External links
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Category:Baseball players from Sacramento, California
Category:San Francisco Seals (baseball) players
Category:Venice Tigers players
Category:Vernon Tigers players