Roger Peckinpaugh
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{{Short description|American baseball player and manager (1891–1977)}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Roger Peckinpaugh
|image=Roger Peckinpaugh2.jpg
|image_size=250px
|caption=Peckinpaugh with the Washington Senators in 1924
|birth_date={{Birth date|1891|2|5}}
|birth_place=Wooster, Ohio, U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1977|11|17|1891|2|5}}
|death_place=Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=September 15
|debutyear=1910
|debutteam=Cleveland Naps
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=September 25
|finalyear=1927
|finalteam=Chicago White Sox
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=Batting average
|stat1value=.259
|stat2label=Home runs
|stat2value=48
|stat3label=Runs batted in
|stat3value=740
|stat4label=Managerial record
|stat4value=500–491
|stat5label=Winning %
|stat5value={{winning percentage|500|491}}
|teams=
As player
- Cleveland Naps ({{mlby|1910}}, {{mlby|1912}}–{{mlby|1913}})
- New York Yankees ({{mlby|1913}}–{{mlby|1921}})
- Washington Senators ({{mlby|1922}}–{{mlby|1926}})
- Chicago White Sox ({{mlby|1927}})
As manager
- New York Yankees ({{mlby|1914}})
- Cleveland Indians ({{mlby|1928}}–{{mlby|1933}}, {{mlby|1941}})
|highlights=
- World Series champion ({{wsy|1924}})
- AL MVP (1925)
}}
Roger Thorpe Peckinpaugh (February 5, 1891 – November 17, 1977) was an American professional baseball player shortstop and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1910 through 1927, during which he played for the Cleveland Naps, New York Yankees, Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox.
Nap Lajoie discovered Peckinpaugh as a high school student, and signed him to his first professional contract. Peckinpaugh debuted with the Naps, who traded him to the Yankees in 1913. He managed the Yankees for 20 games in 1914 and was the team captain for the remainder of his time with the club. The Senators acquired Peckinpaugh, where he continued to play until his final season, spent with the White Sox. After his playing career, Peckinpaugh managed the Indians from 1928 through 1933 and in 1941. He was also a minor league baseball manager, and served in the front office of the Indians and Buffalo Bisons from 1942 through 1947.
Peckinpaugh was considered an excellent defensive shortstop and strong leader. When he managed the Yankees, he became the youngest manager in MLB history. He was named American League Most Valuable Player in 1925. He played in the World Series three times: winning the 1924 World Series with the Senators, losing the 1921 World Series with the Yankees, and losing the 1925 World Series with the Senators.
Early life and amateur career
Peckinpaugh was born in Wooster, Ohio, the third child of
Frank and Cora Peckinpaugh. His father played semi-professional baseball.{{cite web|first=Peter |last=Gordon |url=http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/829dbefb |title=Roger Peckinpaugh |publisher=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=March 21, 2012}}
At a young age, the Peckinpaughs moved from Wooster to Cleveland. He attended East High School, where he played American football, basketball, and baseball. There, Nap Lajoie of the Cleveland Naps, who lived in the same neighborhood, discovered Peckinpaugh. Lajoie signed Peckinpaugh to a contract with a salary of $125 per month (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|125|1910}}}} in current dollar terms) when he graduated from high school in 1910.
Playing career
=Cleveland Naps and New York Yankees (1910–1921)=
The Naps started Peckinpaugh's professional career by assigning him to the New Haven Prairie Hens of the Class-B Connecticut League. He was promoted to the Naps to make his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut in September 1910, playing in 15 games for the Naps at age 19. The Naps assigned Peckinpaugh to the Portland Beavers of the Class-A Pacific Coast League for the entire 1911 season. He appeared in 70 games for the Naps in 1912, batting only .212. On May 25, 1913, after giving the starting shortstop position to Ray Chapman, the Naps traded Peckinpaugh to the New York Yankees for Jack Lelivelt and Bill Stumpf.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Z0QbAAAAIBAJ&pg=5116,6515080&dq=roger-peckinpaugh+ray-chapman&hl=en|title=Nap-Yankee Trade May Yet Be Closed|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press|page=20|date=July 29, 1913|access-date=June 26, 2012}}
Image:Roger Peckinpaugh, New York AL and Larry Doyle, New York NL (baseball) (LOC).jpg (right) of the New York Giants]]
The Naps soon regretted the trade. With the Yankees, Peckinpaugh emerged as a team leader. He was named captain in 1914 by manager Frank Chance. Chance resigned with three weeks remaining in the season, and Peckinpaugh served as player–manager for the remainder of the season;{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=d_ogAAAAIBAJ&pg=6840,1769504|title=Peckinpaugh in Charge of Yanks|newspaper=The Day|page=11|date=September 16, 1914|access-date=March 2, 2012}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1914/09/16/archives/chance-paid-off-quits-the-yankees-roger-peckinpaugh-appointed.html |title=Chance Paid Off, Quits The Yankees – Roger Peckinpaugh Appointed Manager of Team for Remainder of Season|newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 16, 1914|access-date=June 26, 2012}} at the age of 23, he became the youngest manager in MLB history. He finished the 1914 season fifth in the AL with 38 stolen bases.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1914-batting-leaders.shtml |title=1914 American League Batting Leaders |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=June 26, 2012}}
File:Roger Peckinpaugh, New York AL (baseball) (LOC).jpg
Bill Donovan was hired as the Yankees manager in the offseason. In the 1914–15 offseason, Peckinpaugh considered leaving the Yankees to join the Federal League, as he received offers from the Chicago Federals, Buffalo Blues, and Indianapolis Hoosiers.{{cite news|newspaper=The New York Times. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1914/12/29/archives/feds-after-peckinpaugh-yankees-shortstop-has-received-offers-from.html |title=Feds After Peckinpaugh – Yankees' Shortstop Has Received Offers from Buffalo and Indianapolis|date=December 29, 1914 |access-date=June 26, 2012}} After considering the offer from Chicago,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8R9QAAAAIBAJ&pg=1570,3120650|title=Roger Peckinpaugh is Still on Anxious Seat|newspaper=The Milwaukee Sentinel|date=January 10, 1915|access-date=March 2, 2012}} he chose to stay with the Yankees, and received a three-year contract worth $6,000 (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|6000|1915}}}} in current dollar terms) per season from 1915 through 1917. He resigned with the Yankees in 1918.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1918/03/05/archives/huggins-brings-captain-peckinpaugh-and-two-other-players-to-yankee.html |title=Huggins Brings Captain Peckinpaugh And Two Other Players To Yankee Fold; Peck Joins Ranks Of Signed Yankees: Captain and Star Shortstop Comes to Terms After Chat with Huggins. Young Pitcher In Line: Thormahlen Ready for Season-- Miller Also Decides to Come Into Fold|newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 5, 1918 |access-date=June 26, 2012}} Peckinpaugh tied Buck Weaver for fourth in runs scored (89) and several players for eighth in home runs (7) in the 1919 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1919-batting-leaders.shtml |title=1919 American League Batting Leaders |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=June 26, 2012}}
By the 1921 season, Peckinpaugh was one of three players, along with Wally Pipp and Bob Shawkey, remaining with the Yankees from the time Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston purchased the team in 1915.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kSBRAAAAIBAJ&pg=4140,920585&dq=miller-huggins&hl=en|title=Miller Huggins Seeks Material for Yank Team: World's Series Emphasized Need for First Class Hurlers|newspaper=The Telegraph-Herald|page=13|date=December 14, 1921|access-date=August 17, 2012}} The Yankees reached the World Series in 1921, losing to the New York Giants. Peckinpaugh set an MLB record for most assists in one game by a shortstop with nine.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VJgcAAAAIBAJ&pg=2997,850713&dq=roger-peckinpaugh&hl=en|title=Williams and Costner Clash|newspaper=Sarasota Herald-Tribune|page=7|agency=Associated Press|date=July 11, 1950|access-date=August 17, 2012}}
=Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox (1922–1926)=
Peckinpaugh was traded twice during the 1921–22 offseason. On December 20, 1921, the Yankees traded Peckinpaugh with Rip Collins, Bill Piercy, Jack Quinn and $100,000 (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|100000|1921}}}} in current dollar terms) to the Boston Red Sox for Bullet Joe Bush, Sad Sam Jones and Everett Scott.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=i7dPAAAAIBAJ&pg=2857,2035890|title=Majors Trade Ball Players|page=12|newspaper=The Evening Independent|date=December 21, 1921|access-date=March 2, 2012}} On January 10, 1922, Pecknipaugh was involved in a three-team trade involving the Red Sox, Washington Senators and Philadelphia Athletics, where Peckinpaugh joined the Senators, Joe Dugan and Frank O'Rourke went to the Red Sox, and the Athletics acquired Bing Miller, José Acosta, and $50,000 (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|50000|1922}}}} in current dollar terms).{{cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1922/01/11/109829870.pdf |title=3-Team Deal Sends Peck to Senators — Ex-Yankee to Become Playing Manager at Washington- Joe Dugan to Red Sox. Mack Gets Two Players: Miller and Acosta Go to Athletics, O'Rourke |newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 11, 1922 |access-date=March 21, 2012}} Though team owner Clark Griffith had indicated that Peckinpaugh would serve as his player-manager at the time of the trade,{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/ajc_historic/access/507176482.html?dids=507176482:507176482&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Jan+11%2C+1922&author=&pub=The+Atlanta+Constitution&desc=Roger+Peckinpaugh+Gets+Pilot%27s+Job+at+Washington+in+Big+Deal&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120724080659/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/ajc_historic/access/507176482.html?dids=507176482:507176482&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Jan+11,+1922&author=&pub=The+Atlanta+Constitution&desc=Roger+Peckinpaugh+Gets+Pilot's+Job+at+Washington+in+Big+Deal&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 24, 2012|title=Roger Peckinpaugh Gets Pilot's Job at Washington in Big Deal: Senators, Red Sox and Mackmen Trade Players--"Bing" Miller Goes to Philadelphia|newspaper=The Atlanta Constitution|date=January 11, 1922|page=11|access-date=March 2, 2012}} {{subscription required|date=March 2012}} he named Clyde Milan player-manager for the 1922 season instead.{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1785151652.html?FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Jan+12%2C+1922&author=&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+%281858-1922%29&desc=Logical+Man+to+Assume+Reins+Over+the+Washington+Nationals&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715151710/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1785151652.html?FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Jan+12,+1922&author=&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+(1858-1922)&desc=Logical+Man+to+Assume+Reins+Over+the+Washington+Nationals&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2012|title=Logical Man to Assume Reins Over the Washington Nationals|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=January 12, 1922|page=15|access-date=March 2, 2012}} {{subscription required|date=March 2012}} This distracted Peckinpaugh, and along with injuries, limited his performance.
Chance, now managing the Boston Red Sox, attempted to acquire Peckinpaugh from the Senators before the 1923 season.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_cpPAAAAIBAJ&pg=5332,834894&dq=roger-peckinpaugh+frank-chance&hl=en|title=Frank Chance Would Like To Get Roger Peckinpaugh For Red Sox|page=14|newspaper=The Evening Independent|date=February 10, 1923|access-date=August 18, 2012}} Remaining in Washington, Peckinpaugh rebounded during the 1923 season with timely hitting and solid fielding.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qwVhAAAAIBAJ&pg=1155,258796&dq=travis-jackson&hl=en |title=Travis Jackson Should Prove Good Utility Man For Giants in Series|page=13|newspaper=Providence News|date=September 28, 1923|access-date=March 30, 2012}}
File:No Known Restrictions Baseball Peckingpaugh Out at Home, 1924 or 1925 (LOC) (416096774).jpg
Griffith appointed Bucky Harris as manager before the 1924 season. Harris considered Peckinpaugh his "assistant manager". Peckinpaugh was a key contributor in the 1924 World Series, in which the Senators defeated the Giants.{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/451921542.html?dids=451921542:451921542&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Oct+10%2C+1924&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=PECK+THE+HERO+AS+GRIFFS+WIN+FROM+GIANTS&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715224811/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/451921542.html?dids=451921542:451921542&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Oct+10,+1924&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=PECK+THE+HERO+AS+GRIFFS+WIN+FROM+GIANTS&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 15, 2012 |title=Peck the Hero as Griffs Win From Giants: Leads Attack in 2–1 Victory. Bucky Saves the Day |first=Irving |last=Vaughan |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=October 10, 1924 |access-date=March 21, 2012}} {{Subscription required|date=March 2012}} He won the League Award as the AL's Most Valuable Player in 1925, edging Al Simmons by a small margin.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1925/09/24/archives/peckinpaugh-voted-most-valuable-player-in-american-league-simmons.html |title=Peckinpaugh Voted Most Valuable Player In American League — Simmons Is Second |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 24, 1925 |access-date=March 21, 2012}} {{Subscription required|date=March 2012}} In the 1925 World Series against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Peckinpaugh committed eight errors in the seven-game series, an MLB record.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=u2dQAAAAIBAJ&pg=5046,3005085&dq=roger-peckinpaugh&hl=en |title=Roger Peckinpaugh Dies at 86 |newspaper=St. Petersburg Times |date=November 19, 1977 |access-date=March 21, 2012}}
On January 15, 1927, the Senators traded Peckinpaugh to the Chicago White Sox for Leo Mangum and Sloppy Thurston.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LwskAAAAIBAJ&pg=6253,5753462&dq=roger-peckinpaugh&hl=en |title=Roger Peck is Traded to Chicago White Sox |newspaper=The Milwaukee Journal |date=January 16, 1927 |access-date=March 21, 2012}} However, his playing time with the White Sox was limited by a leg injury. He acted as an advisor to manager Ray Schalk.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JytPAAAAIBAJ&pg=7098,5391120&dq=roger-peckinpaugh&hl=en|title=Roger Peckinpaugh Named To Manage Cleveland Indians: Noted Player To Lead Tribe In 1928 Chase; Was Voted Most Valuable Star in American Loop in 1925|agency=Associated Press|pages=2–4|newspaper=St. Petersburg Times|date=December 10, 1927|access-date=August 18, 2012}} After one season with the White Sox, Peckinpaugh retired as a player.
Managerial and executive career
Peckinpaugh was named manager of the Cleveland Indians after the 1927 season.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JytPAAAAIBAJ&pg=7098,5391120&dq=roger-peckinpaugh&hl=en |title=Roger Peckinpaugh Named to Manage Cleveland Indians |newspaper=St. Petersburg Times |agency=Associated Press |date=December 10, 1927 |access-date=March 21, 2012}} After the Indians fell from first to fifth place during the 1933 season, the Indians fired Peckinpaugh, replacing him with Walter Johnson.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cSAxAAAAIBAJ&pg=2288,1401140&dq=roger-peckinpaugh&hl=en|title=Johnson Named Cleveland Pilot: Former Famous Pitcher Succeeds Peckinpaugh As Indians' Manager|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=Reading Eagle|page=6|date=June 9, 1933|access-date=August 18, 2012}}
After being considered for the Detroit Tigers' managerial vacancy that offseason,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4atXAAAAIBAJ&pg=2592,6717578&dq=roger-peckinpaugh+donie-bush&hl=en|title=Steve O'Neill in Line-Up for Tiger Manager: Mud Hen Boss Mentioned Along With Ruth; Is Under Contract Here|page=10|newspaper=The Toledo News-Bee|date=September 25, 1933|access-date=August 18, 2012}} Peckinpaugh took over as manager of the Kansas City Blues of the Class-AA American Association for the 1934 season.{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/443368782.html?dids=443368782:443368782&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Dec+14%2C+1933&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=PECKINPAUGH+IS+NAMED+MANAGER+AT+KANSAS+CITY&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713000905/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/443368782.html?dids=443368782:443368782&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Dec+14,+1933&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=PECKINPAUGH+IS+NAMED+MANAGER+AT+KANSAS+CITY&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 13, 2012 |title=Peckinpaugh Is Named Manager At Kansas City |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=December 14, 1933 |access-date=March 21, 2012}} {{Subscription required|date=March 2012}} Out of professional baseball in 1935, Peckinpaugh joined Lew Fonseca on nationwide baseball tours, which involved the viewing of a movie and technical demonstrations.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CEgsAAAAIBAJ&pg=6614,531576&dq=roger-peckinpaugh&hl=en|title=Sport Shots|first=Wilton|last=Garrison|page=7|newspaper=The Spartanburg Herald-Journal|date=January 8, 1935|access-date=August 18, 2012}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2sZHAAAAIBAJ&pg=3424,1997510&dq=roger-peckinpaugh&hl=en|title=Lew Fonseca Keeps Busy As Baseball "Missionary"|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=Meriden Record|page=4|date=January 27, 1937|access-date=August 18, 2012}} He applied to be manager of the Boston Bees for the 1938 season, but the job was given to Casey Stengel.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1937/10/26/archives/bees-pick-stengel-from-more-than-150-applicants-to-manage-team-in.html |title=Bees Pick Stengel From More Than 150 Applicants to Manage Team in 1938 – Stengel Accepts Offer From Bees|newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 26, 1937 |access-date=June 26, 2012}} {{subscription required|date=August 2012}} Peckinpaugh returned to professional baseball as the manager of the New Orleans Pelicans of the Class-A1 Southern Association in 1939.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iFcyAAAAIBAJ&pg=5750,4039041&dq=roger-peckinpaugh&hl=en |title=Roger Peckinpaugh to Manage Pelicans |newspaper=The Palm Beach Post |agency=Associated Press |date=December 18, 1938 |access-date=March 21, 2012}}
The Indians rehired Peckinpaugh as their manager in 1941, signing him to a two-year contract; team president Alva Bradley, who fired Peckinpaugh in 1933, promised Peckinpaugh full cooperation and minimal interference.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=X-8uAAAAIBAJ&pg=4190,2363296&dq=roger-peckinpaugh&hl=en |first=Larry |last=Hauck |agency=Associated Press |title=Roger Peckinpaugh, Once Fired, Returns as Pilot of Cleveland |newspaper=Ottawa Citizen |date=November 13, 1940 |access-date=March 21, 2012}} After the 1941 season, he was promoted to vice president,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bbpRAAAAIBAJ&pg=6223,2258827&dq=roger-peckinpaugh&hl=en |title=24-Year Old Boudreau to Manage Tribe, Becomes Youngest Major League Pilot in History: Appointment Follows Elevation of Roger Peckinpaugh to Front Office Job of Vice President |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=November 26, 1941 |access-date=March 21, 2012}} later serving as Cleveland's general manager and president. When Bill Veeck bought the Indians in July 1946, he brought Harry Grabiner and Joseph C. Hostetler with him to serve in the front office. Peckinpaugh and Bradley resigned.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zywaAAAAIBAJ&pg=6214,2858205&dq=roger-peckinpaugh&hl=en|title=Bill Veeck Closes Deal for Cleveland Ball Club: Former Brewer Head Will Be President and Harry Grabiner Vice President|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=The Milwaukee Journal|page=6|date=June 22, 1946|access-date=August 18, 2012}}
Peckinpaugh succeeded Harris as general manager for the Buffalo Bisons of the International League in the 1946–47 offseason.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1946/11/13/archives/bisons-sign-peckinpaugh-major-league-veteran-becomes-buffalo.html |title=Bisons Sign Peckinpaugh — Major League Veteran Becomes Buffalo General Manager |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 13, 1946 |access-date=March 21, 2012}} {{Subscription required|date=March 2012}} He was fired after the 1947 season,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mOkpAAAAIBAJ&pg=3913,2361906&dq=roger-peckinpaugh&hl=en |agency=Associated Press |title=Peckinpaugh Fired By Buffalo Club |newspaper=Toledo Blade |date=October 27, 1947 |access-date=March 21, 2012}} as the team's directors felt Peckinpaugh failed to sufficiently develop a farm system.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1ZEyAAAAIBAJ&pg=6312,6609159&dq=roger-peckinpaugh+buffalo+bisons&hl=en|title=Richards Succeeds Peckinpaugh at Buffalo|agency=Associated Press|page=15|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=October 28, 1947|access-date=August 18, 2012}}
=Managerial record=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;" | ||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Team | rowspan="2"|Year | colspan="5"|Regular season | colspan="4"|Postseason | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | Won | Lost | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result |
| NYY|| {{mlby|1914}}
||20||{{WinLossPct|10|10}}|| 6th in AL || – || – || – || – | ||||||||
| colspan="2"|NYY total ||20||{{WinLossPct|10|10}}|| || {{WinLossPct|0|0}} || | ||||||||
| CLE|| {{mlby|1928}}
||154||{{WinLossPct|62|92}}|| 7th in AL || – || – || – || – | ||||||||
| CLE|| {{mlby|1929}}
||152||{{WinLossPct|81|71}}|| 3rd in AL || – || – || – || – | ||||||||
| CLE|| {{mlby|1930}}
||154||{{WinLossPct|81|73}}|| 4th in AL || – || – || – || – | ||||||||
| CLE|| {{mlby|1931}}
||154||{{WinLossPct|78|76}}|| 4th in AL || – || – || – || – | ||||||||
| CLE|| {{mlby|1932}}
||152||{{WinLossPct|87|65}}|| 4th in AL || – || – || – || – | ||||||||
| CLE|| {{mlby|1933}}
||51||{{WinLossPct|26|25}}|| fired || – || – || – || – | ||||||||
| colspan="11"| | ||||||||
| CLE|| {{mlby|1941}}
||154||{{WinLossPct|75|79}}|| 5th in AL || – || – || – || – | ||||||||
| colspan="2"|CLE total ||971||{{WinLossPct|490|481}}|| || {{WinLossPct|0|0}} || | ||||||||
| colspan="2"|Total ||991||{{WinLossPct|500|491}}|| || {{WinLossPct|0|0}} || |
Personal
Peckinpaugh was considered a calm baseball player and manager, who did not let his temper get the best of him.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4_0gAAAAIBAJ&pg=3226,1545991&dq=roger-peckinpaugh+calm&hl=en|title=Quiet Players In Favor With Fans|page=10|newspaper=The Day|date=July 18, 1917|access-date=August 18, 2012}}
After the end of his baseball career, Peckinpaugh worked as a manufacturer's representative for the Cleveland Oak Belting Company. He retired in 1976 at the age of 85. Suffering from cancer and heart disease, he was brought to a hospital for a respiratory condition, and died on November 17, 1977, in Cleveland. He was buried in Acacia Masonic Memorial Park in Mayfield Heights, Ohio.{{cite book|last=Vigil|first=Vicki Blum|year=2007|title=Cemeteries of Northeast Ohio: Stones, Symbols & Stories|location=Cleveland, Ohio|publisher=Gray & Company|isbn=978-1-59851-025-6}} His wife, Mildred, died five years earlier. Together, they had four sons.{{cite web|url=http://missoulian.com/news/local/obituaries/walter-stidger-peckinpaugh/article_4d953d2e-212e-11e3-a7a9-0019bb2963f4.html|title=Walter Stidger Peckinpaugh|work=The Missoulian|date=September 19, 2013|access-date=September 27, 2013}} Peckinpaugh was survived by two of his sons.
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Category:Sportspeople from Wooster, Ohio
Category:Minor league baseball managers
Category:New Haven Prairie Hens players
Category:Portland Beavers players
Category:Major League Baseball player-managers