Jock Menefee

{{Short description|American baseball player (1868–1953)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Jock Menefee

|image=Jock Menefee.jpg

|image_size=123px

|position=Pitcher / Outfielder

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1868|1|15}}

|birth_place=Rowlesburg, West Virginia, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1953|3|11|1868|1|15}}

|death_place=Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=August 17

|debutyear=1892

|debutteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 7

|finalyear=1903

|finalteam=Chicago Cubs

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=58–70

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=3.81

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=293

|teams=

• Pittsburgh Pirates ({{baseball year|1892}})
• Louisville Colonels ({{baseball year|1893}}–{{baseball year|1894}})
• Pittsburgh Pirates ({{baseball year|1894}}–{{baseball year|1895}})
• New York Giants ({{baseball year|1898}})
• Chicago Orphans / Cubs ({{baseball year|1900}}–{{baseball year|1903}})

}}

John "Jock" Menefee (January 15, 1868 – March 11, 1953) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from {{baseball year|1892}} through {{baseball year|1903}} for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Louisville Colonels, New York Giants, and Chicago Orphans / Cubs.

Menefee became the first National League pitcher to pull off a successful steal of home, a feat which he accomplished against Brooklyn on July 15, 1902. He ended his career as the starting pitcher in a doubleheader against Pittsburgh on the 7th of September, not getting a decision in either game.{{cite web|last1=Preston|first1=JG|title=A thorough account of pitchers who have started both games of a doubleheader in the major leagues|url=https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2009/09/12/a-thorough-account-of-pitchers-who-have-started-both-games-of-a-doubleheader-in-the-major-leagues|website=prestonjg.wordpress.com|date=13 September 2009 |accessdate=30 January 2017}}