Harry McCormick (baseball)

{{Short description|American baseball player (1855–1889)}}

{{for|the other MLB player named "Harry McCormick"|Moose McCormick}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Harry McCormick

|position=Pitcher

|image=Harry McCormick.jpg

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date|1855|10|25|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Syracuse, New York, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1889|8|8|1855|10|25}}

|death_place=Syracuse, New York, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=May 1

|debutyear={{baseball year|1879}}

|debutteam=Syracuse Stars

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 20

|finalyear={{baseball year|1883}}

|finalteam=Cincinnati Red Stockings

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=41-58

|stat2label=Strikeouts

|stat2value=157

|stat3label=Earned run average

|stat3value=2.66

|teams=

• Syracuse Stars 1879
• Worcester Ruby Legs 1881
• Cincinnati Red Stockings 1882–1883

}}

Patrick Henry McCormick (October 25, 1855 – August 8, 1889) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball in 1879, and from 1881 to 1883.

McCormick died in his hometown of Syracuse, New York at the age of 33.{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/M/Pmccoh101.htm|title=Harry McCormick's career statistics|work=retrosheet.org|publisher=Retrosheet, Inc|accessdate=2009-05-14}}

On July 26, 1879, McCormick, the Syracuse Stars' starting pitcher, hit a first-inning homer {{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/event_hr.cgi?id=bondto01&t=p|title=Tommy Bond Career Home Runs Allowed|work=baseballreference.com|publisher= Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=2013-02-13}} to beat Tommy Bond and the Boston Red Stockings, 1–0. This is the first and, most likely, will be the only occurrence in major league history that a pitcher will record a 1–0 victory with his own first inning round-tripper being the game's lone run.