Doc Tonkin
{{short description|American baseball player (1881-1959)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Doc Tonkin
|position=Pitcher
|image=
|bats=Left
|throws=Left
|birth_date={{Birth date|1881|8|11}}
|birth_place=Concord, New Hampshire, U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1959|5|30|1881|8|11}}
|death_place=Miami, Florida, U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=August 19
|debutyear=1907
|debutteam=Washington Senators
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=May 30
|finalyear=1907
|finalteam=Washington Senators
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=Games
|stat1value=1
|stat2label=Win–loss record
|stat2value=0–0
|stat3label=ERA
|stat3value=6.75
|stat4label=Batting average
|stat4value=1.000 (2-for-2)
|teams=
- Washington Senators ({{mlby|1907}})
}}
Harry Glenville "Doc" Tonkin (August 11, 1881 – May 30, 1959) was an American physician and professional baseball player, who appeared in one major-league game, for the 1907 Washington Senators.
Biography
Tonkin was born in 1881 in Concord, New Hampshire. He played baseball professionally from 1905 to 1907, for three different teams in Minor League Baseball, for which statistical detail is lacking.{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=tonkin001har |title=Doc Tonkin Minor Leagues Statistics |website=Baseball-Reference.com |accessdate=April 6, 2024}} He played in one major-league game, for the Washington Senators on May 30, 1907. He pitched {{frac|2|2|3}} innings, and gave up six hits and two earned runs. He also collected two hits in two at bats, for a rare 1.000 batting average.{{cite web |url=https://ballnine.com/2021/12/17/batting-1-000/ |title=Batting 1.000. Really. |first=Kevin |last=Czerwinski |website=ballnine.com |date=December 17, 2021 |accessdate=April 6, 2024}}
Tonkin attended Baltimore Medical College, which was later absorbed into the University of Maryland. He operated a medical practice in Martinsburg, West Virginia, where he served three terms as mayor. During World War I, he served briefly as a captain in the United States Army Medical Corps. Tonkin died in 1959 in Miami, Florida.{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/T/Ptonkd101.htm |title=Doc Tonkin |website=Retrosheet |accessdate=April 6, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/Doc-Tonkin/ |title=Doc Tonkin |first=Chris |last=Rainey |website=Society for American Baseball Research |accessdate=April 6, 2024}}
References
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External links
- {{baseballstats |br=t/tonkido01 |brm=tonkin001har |retro=T/Ptonkd101}}
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Category:Washington Senators (1901–1960) players
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
Category:Baseball players from New Hampshire
Category:Sportspeople from Concord, New Hampshire
Category:Lowell Tigers players
Category:Fall River Indians players
Category:Des Moines Champs players
Category:University of Maryland School of Medicine alumni
Category:United States Army Medical Corps officers
Category:20th-century American physicians
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