Tom Drohan
{{short description|American baseball player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
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|name=Tom Drohan
|image=Tom Drohan.jpg
|position=Pitcher
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{birth date|1887|8|26}}
|birth_place=Fall River, Massachusetts
|death_date={{death date and age|1926|9|17|1887|8|26}}
|death_place=Kewanee, Illinois
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=May 1
|debutyear=1913
|debutteam=Washington Senators
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=May 16
|finalyear=1913
|finalteam=Washington Senators
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=Games played
|stat1value=2
|stat2label=Innings pitched
|stat2value=2
|stat3label=Earned runs
|stat3value=2
|teams=
- Washington Senators ({{baseball year|1913}})
}}
Thomas F. Drohan (August 26, 1887 – September 17, 1926) was a professional baseball pitcher from 1908 to 1917. He played one season in Major League Baseball for the Washington Senators. Drohan was 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighed 175 pounds.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/drohato01.shtml "Tom Drohan Statistics and History"]. baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 9, 2011.
Career
Drohan was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, in 1887. He started his professional baseball career in 1908. That season, he had a win–loss record of 11–12 in the Central League.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=drohan001tho "Tom Drohan Minors League Statistics & History"]. baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 9, 2011. In 1911, Drohan joined the Central Association's Kewanee Boilermakers and was the team's top pitcher, with a record of 19–10.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?id=67b14730 "1911 Kewanee Boilermakers Statistics"]. baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 9, 2011. The following season, he improved to 24–6. He won 17 of 19 games at one point and was pitching so well that Kewanee received a number of offers from other clubs to buy him.[http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1912/VOL_59_NO_25/SL5925015.pdf "News Items Gathered From All Quarters"]. Sporting Life. August 12, 1912. p. 15. He pitched a no-hitter against Hannibal on August 29, winning 4–0.[http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1912/VOL_60_NO_14/SL6014012.pdf "No-Hit Pitching Feats of the 1912 Season"]. Sporting Life. December 7, 1912. p. 12. The following year, Sporting Life wrote that he was a "natural pitcher" and "considered an unusually good prospect."[http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1913/VOL_60_NO_24/SL6024010.PDF "At the Capital"]. Sporting Life. February 15, 1913. p. 10.
Drohan was drafted by the American League's Washington Senators in the 1912 rule 5 draft. He appeared in two games for them in May 1913, allowing two earned runs in two innings pitched. Soon afterwards, Washington released him. The Cleveland Naps claimed Drohan off waivers, but he never pitched for Cleveland, and his major league career was over.[http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1913/VOL_61_NO_14/SL6114003.PDF "The Sensation"]. Sporting Life. June 7, 1913. p. 1. He then returned to the Central Association in 1914. He spent most of the season with the Waterloo Jays and went 15-7 for Waterloo. The following year, his record dropped to 14–17. Drohan then joined the Clinton Pilots in 1916 and went 9–6 with a 2.34 earned run average. He stayed in the Central Association for one more campaign in 1917 before his professional baseball career ended.
Overall, Drohan pitched in 220 minor league baseball games and had a career win-loss record of 101–76. He died in Kewanee, Illinois – the site of his former glory – in 1926 and was buried in Pleasant View Cemetery.
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Category:Major League Baseball pitchers
Category:Washington Senators (1901–1960) players
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
Category:Terre Haute Hottentots players
Category:Kewanee Boilermakers players
Category:Waterloo Jays players
Category:Terre Haute Terre-iers players
Category:Clinton Pilots players
Category:People from Kewanee, Illinois