After seven seasons in the minor leagues, 29-year-old Peter Pierre “Pete” Childs made his debut with the St. Louis Cardinals had a brief big league career as a second baseman with the Cardinals. Chicago Orphans and Philadelphia Phillies in 1901 and ’02.
Pete Childs
He then returned to the minor leagues for more than a decade and became manager with the Portsmouth Cobblers in the Ohio State League, where he also played infield and occasionally pitched in relief. It was as a member of the Cobblers where he had, arguably, the most efficient relief appearance in the history of organized baseball.
On June 18, 1910, Portsmouth was losing 4 to 3 to the Marion Diggers when the diggers came to bat in the bottom of the eighth. Portsmouth pitcher Frank Harter gave up four hits and hit a batter; the Cobblers also committed an error. Three runs had scored and the bases were loaded with no one out.
With his team down 7 to 3 The Marion Star said the manager and second baseman “Childs essayed to do the pitching and traded places with Harter.”
With the bases loaded, Childs faced Marion outfielder William Colligan. He threw one pitch. The Portsmouth Evening Times said:
“Colligan smashed the first ball to the fence in center field, and (Portsmouth’s Frank) O’Day went up against the fence and made the catch with one hand. (Emmett “Turk”) Reilly had gone to second and (August “Gus”) Epler counted from third.”
O’Day threw to the cutoff man, Wesley Hornung; he threw to first to put out Reilly, who stood on second with teammate Al Hummel, and first baseman William Scudder threw to third baseman Ed Conwell for the triple play.
The 1910 Portsmouth Cobblers, Manager Pete Childs 7. Wesley Hornung 1, Frank Harter 4, William Scudder 5, Frank O’Day 8 and Ed Conwell 16.
Despite the triple play, Childs’ Cobblers dropped a doubleheader that day but went on to win the Ohio State League championship with an 86-52 record. Childs won three championships during his five seasons as Portsmouth’s manager.
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Great article, Pete was my 2nd great grandfather’s brother.
Thank you, Dalton.