George Joseph "Chippy" Gaw (March 13, 1892 – May 5, 1968) was an American professional baseball pitcher and college ice hockey and baseball coach. He appeared in six Major League Baseball games for the Chicago Cubs in 1920.

Chippy Gaw
Pitcher
Born: (1892-03-13)March 13, 1892
West Newton, Massachusetts
Died: May 26, 1968(1968-05-26) (aged 76)
Boston, Massachusetts
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 20, 1920, for the Chicago Cubs
Last MLB appearance
July 4, 1920, for the Chicago Cubs
MLB statistics
Innings13.0
Earned run average4.85
Win–loss record1-1
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Biography

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A native of West Newton, Massachusetts, Gaw was a high school baseball and hockey star for Newton,[1] and began playing minor league baseball at age 19. Throughout the 1910s, he played for the Brockton Shoemakers and Worcester Busters of the New England League, and the Toronto Maple Leafs, Buffalo Bisons, and Providence Grays of the International League.[2] Along the way, he received his degree in dentistry from Tufts University.[3]

Gaw made his major league debut with the Chicago Cubs in the 1920 season. He pitched in six major league games for the Cubs, posting a 4.85 ERA in 13 innings of work, and recording one hit and one run in four plate appearances. Gaw's longest outing for Chicago came on June 11 when he tossed 7.1 innings in relief of Speed Martin against the Philadelphia Phillies in an 8-3 Cubs loss at the Baker Bowl.[4] The Cubs sent Gaw down to the Indianapolis Indians in July. He spent 1921 with the Milwaukee Brewers of the American Association, his final season in professional baseball.

After his professional playing career, Gaw went on to coach at the collegiate level. He was head ice hockey coach at Dartmouth College (1921–1922), Princeton University (1922–1924) and Boston University (1924–1928), and also coached baseball at BU.[5]

In 1926, he pitched and was the player-manager for Falmouth in the Cape Cod Baseball League, where his star player was future major leaguer Josh Billings. At Falmouth, Gaw was described as "a brainy ball player, an excellent pitcher, [having] a wonderful and most pleasing personality, and a gentleman par excellence at all times."[6][7][8] Gaw died in 1968.

Head coaching record

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Ice hockey

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Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
MIT Engineers Independent (1920–1921)
1920–21 MIT 3–4–0
MIT: 3–4–0
Dartmouth Independent (1921–1922)
1921–22 Dartmouth 4–1–1
Dartmouth: 4–1–1
Princeton Tigers Independent (1922–1924)
1922–23 Princeton 12–5–1
1923–24 Princeton 12–6–0
Princeton: 24–11–1
Boston University Terriers Independent (1924–1928)
1924–25 Boston University 7–4–1
1925–26 Boston University 7–8–0
1926–27 Boston University 2–5–1
1927–28 Boston University 6–2–1
Boston University: 22–19–3
Total: 53–35–5

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

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  1. ^ Nason, Jerry (May 28, 1968). "Pitcher Gaw's Spanish Castle". The Boston Globe. Boston, MA. p. 29.
  2. ^ "Chippy Gaw". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  3. ^ "Chippy Gaw, "The Doctor is in"" (PDF). diamondsinthedusk.com. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  4. ^ "Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia Phillies Box Score, June 11, 1920". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  5. ^ "George Gaw Coaching Record". collegehockeynews.com. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  6. ^ "Base Ball". Falmouth Enterprise. Falmouth, MA. April 17, 1926. p. 4.
  7. ^ "Summer Baseball". Falmouth Enterprise. Falmouth, MA. June 26, 1926. p. 6.
  8. ^ "Falmouth Baseball". Falmouth Enterprise. Falmouth, MA. August 14, 1926. p. 6.[permanent dead link]
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