Tom Rogers
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Rogers with the 1916 Nashville Vols
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Born: February 12, 1892 Sparta, Tennessee |
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Died: October 1, 1936 (aged 44) Nashville, Tennessee |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 14, 1917, for the St. Louis Browns | |||
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| October 1, 1921, for the New York Yankees | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 15–30 | ||
| ERA | 3.95 | ||
| Strikeouts | 94 | ||
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Thomas Andrew "Shotgun" Rogers (February 12, 1892 – March 7, 1936) was a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1917 to 1921 for the St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Athletics, and New York Yankees. Rogers was involved in an incident in 1916 in which he accidentally killed an opposing batter. While playing for the minor league Nashville Vols, Rogers hit Johnny Dodge, a longtime friend who was playing for the Mobile Sea Gulls, with a pitch, killing him. Rogers later suffered emotional problems as a result of the incident and died prematurely at age 44.
On July 11, 1916, Rogers pitched perfect game for the Nashville Vols against the Chattanooga Lookouts at Sulphur Dell ballpark in Nashville.
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