1 inning major league player

[71buc]

Great story thanks for sharing

[nolemmings]

Good topic. The best I could do with players whose image I have is Danny Musser, who played the final three innings of a September 18, 1932 Sunday loss to Cleveland-- his only appearance in a big-league game. Danny might not have played that day either, but since it was the first game of a doubleheader and the team was down 7-1 after 6 innings, they gave 3b Ossie Bluege the rest of the game off. Musser had no fielding chances but went 1-2, advancing a runner who would score, and thus finished his career with a .500 batting average (1.000 as a pinch hitter!)
Here's an 8x10" George Burke photo of the inimitable Mr. Musser:

[BuzzD]

This is a Conlon photo of Walter Bernhardt. He faced 2 batters in a game in 1918 for the Yankees and that was all she wrote! No record of any minor league experience as well.

[slidekellyslide]

Art Thomason played for the Indians in 20 games in 1910. He passed away in 1944. I can't imagine there are too many of his signatures out there.

[Cliff Bowman]

Phil Mudrock is my all time favorite one inning guy because of his name. He threw one inning for the Cubs April 19, 1963. Adam Greenberg of the Cubs would have had the all time single Major League appearance when he was hit in the head by the only pitch he ever saw against the Marlins in 2005 but the Marlins screwed that up by letting him bat in a promotional stunt seven years later in 2012 and he struck out on three pitches. Another good one is Larry Yount, older brother of Robin Yount. He was warming up to pitch his major league debut in the ninth inning for the Astros on September 15, 1971 but blew out his elbow on a warm up pitch and had to leave before facing a batter. Since he was announced he was officially in a game even though he never actually played.

[frankbmd]

Joe Cleary, Washington Senators 1945

He faced 9 batters

1 Strikeout
3 Walks
5 Hits
7 Earned runs

The strikeout was the only out he recorded so,

1/3 of an inning and a lifetime ERA of 189.00

I respect the others mentioned in this thread but old Joe Cleary is clearly the worst.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

Joe Cleary, Washington Senators 1945

He faced 9 batters

1 Strikeout
3 Walks
5 Hits
7 Earned runs

The strikeout was the only out he recorded so,

1/3 of an inning and a lifetime ERA of 189.00

I respect the others mentioned in this thread but old Joe Cleary is clear the worst.

Wow very ugly stat line but he got in the game. Larry Yount loses in career during warm ups Ugh

[earlywynnfan]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

Joe Cleary, Washington Senators 1945

He faced 9 batters

1 Strikeout
3 Walks
5 Hits
7 Earned runs

The strikeout was the only out he recorded so,

1/3 of an inning and a lifetime ERA of 189.00

I respect the others mentioned in this thread but old Joe Cleary is clear the worst.

You left out the best part of the cleary story: he was highly regarded, but got bombed so badly and so quickly that the Senators let their batting pitcher go in for him. It happened to be that pitcher's only game, too, even though he pitched decently. But that's probably because the second pitcher only had one leg, the other getting amputated when his fighter crashed in Germany in WWII