George McConnell (baseball)

{{Short description|American baseball player (1877–1964)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=George McConnell

|image=George McConnell, New York AL (baseball) LCCN2014692750.jpg

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1877|9|16}}

|birth_place=Shelbyville, Tennessee, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1964|5|10|1877|9|16}}

|death_place=Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 13

|debutyear=1909

|debutteam=New York Highlanders

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 26

|finalyear=1916

|finalteam=Chicago Cubs

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=41–51

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=2.60

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=403

|teams=

• New York Highlanders / Yankees ({{baseball year|1909}}, {{baseball year|1912}}–{{baseball year|1913}})
• Chicago Cubs ({{baseball year|1914}})
• Chicago Whales ({{baseball year|1915}})
• Chicago Cubs ({{baseball year|1916}})

}}

George Neely "Slats" McConnell (September 16, 1877 – May 10, 1964) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the New York Highlanders/Yankees, Chicago Cubs, and Chicago Whales.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcconge01.shtml "George McConnell Statistics and History"]. baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-02-14. His key pitch was the spitball.James, Bill and Neyer, Rob. [https://books.google.com/books?id=7FfRLE6I5EEC The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers] (Simon & Schuster, 2004), p. 299.

He was born and raised in Bedford, Tennessee,US Census 1880 District 3, Bedford, Tennessee the son of Neely S McConnell and Martha Jane Morton,The History of One Branch of the Shoffner Family, CL Shoffner, McQuiddy Press 1905 married Elizabeth PokorneyIn the 1920 census, Frank O Pokorney, George's brother in law, was living with them. (born 1895 in IllinoisUS Census 1930 Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee) and lived in Chattanooga, Tennessee.US Census 1920 Chattanooga Ward 9, Hamilton, Tennessee They had three children, 1 boy and 2 girls, although Elizabeth's age would imply that the first child (born about 1909) may have been from an earlier marriage.US Census 1930 Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee George McConnell is buried in Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga.[baseball-reference.com]

The Genealogy of John Shofner of Bedford Tennessee, Susie Helme, 2011