Chippy Gaw
{{Short description|American sportsman (1892–1968)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
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|image=Chippy Gaw Chicago Cubs.png
|position=Pitcher
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1892|3|13}}
|birth_place=West Newton, Massachusetts
|death_date={{death date and age|1968|5|26|1892|3|13}}
|death_place=Boston, Massachusetts
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=April 20
|debutyear=1920
|debutteam=Chicago Cubs
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=July 4
|finalyear=1920
|finalteam=Chicago Cubs
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=Innings
|stat1value=13.0
|stat2label=Earned run average
|stat2value=4.85
|stat3label=Win–loss record
|stat3value=1-1
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|stat4value=
|teams=
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George Joseph "Chippy" Gaw (March 13, 1892 – May 5, 1968) was an American professional baseball pitcher and college ice hockey and baseball coach. He appeared in six Major League Baseball games for the Chicago Cubs in 1920.
Biography
A native of West Newton, Massachusetts, Gaw was a high school baseball and hockey star for Newton,{{cite news | last =Nason | first =Jerry | title = Pitcher Gaw's Spanish Castle | pages = 29 | newspaper = The Boston Globe | location = Boston, MA | date = May 28, 1968 | url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34062818/the-boston-globe/ }} and began playing minor league baseball at age 19. Throughout the 1910s, he played for the Brockton Shoemakers and Worcester Busters of the New England League, and the Toronto Maple Leafs, Buffalo Bisons, and Providence Grays of the International League.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=gawch01 |title=Chippy Gaw |publisher=baseball-reference.com |accessdate=January 9, 2020}} Along the way, he received his degree in dentistry from Tufts University.{{cite web|url=http://www.diamondsinthedusk.com/uploads/articles/64-img2-GAW_Chippy.pdf |title=Chippy Gaw, "The Doctor is in" |publisher=diamondsinthedusk.com |accessdate=January 9, 2020}}
Gaw made his major league debut with the Chicago Cubs in the 1920 season. He pitched in six major league games for the Cubs, posting a 4.85 ERA in 13 innings of work, and recording one hit and one run in four plate appearances. Gaw's longest outing for Chicago came on June 11 when he tossed 7.1 innings in relief of Speed Martin against the Philadelphia Phillies in an 8-3 Cubs loss at the Baker Bowl.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHI/PHI192006110.shtml |title=Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia Phillies Box Score, June 11, 1920 |publisher=baseball-reference.com |accessdate=January 9, 2020}} The Cubs sent Gaw down to the Indianapolis Indians in July. He spent 1921 with the Milwaukee Brewers of the American Association, his final season in professional baseball.
After his professional playing career, Gaw went on to coach at the collegiate level. He was head ice hockey coach at Dartmouth College (1921–1922), Princeton University (1922–1924) and Boston University (1924–1928), and also coached baseball at BU.{{cite web|url=https://www.collegehockeynews.com/reports/coach/George-Gaw/2298 |title=George Gaw Coaching Record |publisher=collegehockeynews.com |accessdate=January 9, 2020}}
In 1926, he pitched and was the player-manager for Falmouth in the Cape Cod Baseball League, where his star player was future major leaguer Josh Billings. At Falmouth, Gaw was described as "a brainy ball player, an excellent pitcher, [having] a wonderful and most pleasing personality, and a gentleman par excellence at all times."{{cite news | title = Base Ball | pages = 4 | newspaper = Falmouth Enterprise | location = Falmouth, MA | date = April 17, 1926 | url = http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/APA/Falmouth/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=FEN%2F1926%2F04%2F17&id=Ar00403&sk=B5D125EB&viewMode=image }}{{cite news | title = Summer Baseball | pages = 6 | newspaper = Falmouth Enterprise | location = Falmouth, MA | date = June 26, 1926 | url = http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/APA/Falmouth/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=FEN%2F1926%2F06%2F26&id=Ar00601&sk=981C3328&viewMode=image }}{{cite news | title = Falmouth Baseball | pages = 6 | newspaper = Falmouth Enterprise | location = Falmouth, MA | date = August 14, 1926 | url = http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/APA/Falmouth/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=FEN%2F1926%2F08%2F14&id=Ar00600&sk=697AA444&viewMode=image }}{{Dead link|date=November 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Gaw died in 1968.
Head coaching record
=Ice hockey=
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{{CIH yearly record subhead
|name = MIT Engineers
|color = color:white; background:#A31F34; {{box-shadow border|a|#8A8B8C|2px}}
|startyear = 1920
|conflong = NCAA Division I independent schools (ice hockey)
|conference = Independent
|endyear = 1921
|}}
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| championship =
| season = 1920–21
| name = MIT
| overall = 3–4–0
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = MIT
| overall = 3–4–0
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{{CIH yearly record subhead
|name = Dartmouth Big Green men's ice hockey
|color = color:white; background:#00693E; {{box-shadow border|a|#000000|2px}}
|startyear = 1921
|conflong = NCAA Division I independent schools (ice hockey)
|conference = Independent
|endyear = 1922
|}}
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| championship =
| season = 1921–22
| name = Dartmouth
| overall = 4–1–1
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| name = Dartmouth
| overall = 4–1–1
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{{CIH yearly record subhead
|name = Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey
|color = color:white; background:#000000; {{box-shadow border|a|#FF6000|2px}}
|startyear = 1922
|conflong = NCAA Division I independent schools (ice hockey)
|conference = Independent
|endyear = 1924
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1922–23
| name = Princeton
| overall = 12–5–1
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1923–24
| name = Princeton
| overall = 12–6–0
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Princeton
| overall = 24–11–1
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{{CIH yearly record subhead
|name = Boston University Terriers men's ice hockey
|color = color:white; background:#CC0000; {{box-shadow border|a|#000000|2px}}
|startyear = 1924
|conflong = NCAA Division I independent schools (ice hockey)
|conference = Independent
|endyear = 1928
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1924–25
| name = Boston University
| overall = 7–4–1
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1925–26
| name = Boston University
| overall = 7–8–0
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1926–27
| name = Boston University
| overall = 2–5–1
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| season = 1927–28
| name = Boston University
| overall = 6–2–1
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Boston University
| overall = 22–19–3
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{{CBB Yearly Record End
|overall = 53–35–5
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References
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External links
{{Baseballstats|br=g/gawch01 |fangraphs= |cube=}}
{{MIT Engineers men's ice hockey navbox}}
{{Dartmouth Big Green men's ice hockey navbox}}
{{Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey navbox}}
{{Boston University Terriers men's ice hockey navbox}}
{{Boston University Terriers baseball coach navbox}}
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Category:Baseball players from Newton, Massachusetts
Category:Boston University Terriers baseball coaches
Category:Boston University Terriers men's ice hockey coaches
Category:Cape Cod Baseball League coaches
Category:Cape Cod Baseball League players (pre-modern era)
Category:Dartmouth Big Green men's ice hockey coaches
Category:Falmouth Commodores players
Category:Major League Baseball pitchers
Category:Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey coaches
Category:Tufts University alumni