# Dick Starr > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dick_Starr > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dick_Starr.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Starr > Source revision: 1305622587 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American baseball player (1921-2017)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{more footnotes|date=July 2018}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Dick Starr |image=Dick Starr.jpg |position=[Pitcher](/source/Pitcher) |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{birth date|1921|3|2}} |birth_place=[Kittanning, Pennsylvania](/source/Kittanning%2C_Pennsylvania), U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2017|1|18|1921|3|2}} |death_place = Kittanning, Pennsylvania, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=September 5 |debutyear=1947 |debutteam=New York Yankees |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 29 |finalyear=1951 |finalteam=Washington Senators |statleague = MLB |stat1label=[Win–loss record](/source/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)) |stat1value=12–24 |stat2label=[Earned run average](/source/Earned_run_average) |stat2value=5.25 |stat3label=[Strikeouts](/source/Strikeouts) |stat3value=120 |teams= *[New York Yankees](/source/New_York_Yankees) ({{mlby|1947}}–{{mlby|1948}}) *[St. Louis Browns](/source/St._Louis_Browns) ({{mlby|1949}}–{{mlby|1951}}) *[Washington Senators](/source/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%9360)) (1951) }} '''Richard Eugene Starr''' (March 2, 1921 – January 18, 2017) was an American [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) [pitcher](/source/pitcher) born in [Kittanning, Pennsylvania](/source/Kittanning%2C_Pennsylvania). Listed at {{convert|6|ft|3|in|abbr=on}}, {{convert|190|lb|abbr=on}}, he batted and threw right-handed. ==New York Yankees== Starr signed with the [New York Yankees](/source/New_York_Yankees) in 1941, and went a combined 32–12 with a 4.00 [earned run average](/source/earned_run_average) for the [Butler Yankees](/source/Butler_Yankees) over two seasons. He missed the 1943 through 1945 seasons serving in the US Army in World War II. When he returned to the Yankees in 1946, he went 19–10 with a 2.07 ERA for the [Augusta Tigers](/source/Augusta_Tigers). Assigned to the [Newark Bears](/source/Newark_Bears) in 1947 and 1948, he was called up to the Yankees when rosters expanded in September of both seasons following the conclusion of the minor league season. His first major league [start](/source/Starting_pitcher) was a [complete game](/source/complete_game) victory over [Fred Sanford](/source/Fred_Sanford_(baseball)) and the [St. Louis Browns](/source/St._Louis_Browns).{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA194709161.shtml|title=New York Yankees 8, St. Louis Browns 3|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com|date=September 16, 1947}} At the 1948 winter meetings, he was traded to the Browns with [Red Embree](/source/Red_Embree) and [Sherm Lollar](/source/Sherm_Lollar) plus $100,000 for Sanford and [Roy Partee](/source/Roy_Partee). Starr went 1–7 with a 4.32 ERA for a Browns team that lost 101 games in 1949, however; he was 7–5 with a 5.02 ERA in 1950, and was the only pitcher on the Browns' pitching staff with a winning record. He was involved in a second trade for Sanford during the 1951 season, this time, going to the [Washington Senators](/source/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%9360)) even up for Sanford. ==Minor leagues== Starr returned to the minor leagues in 1952, going 21–21 with a 3.88 ERA over two seasons with the [International League](/source/International_League)'s [Baltimore Orioles](/source/Baltimore_Orioles). He joined the unaffiliated [Richmond Virginians](/source/Richmond_Virginians) in 1954, and returned to the Yankees organization when the team became affiliated with the Yankees in 1956. Starr also pitched in the [Venezuelan Winter League](/source/Venezuelan_Professional_Baseball_League) with the [Caracas Lions](/source/Leones_del_Caracas) (1952–53) and [Magellan's Navigators](/source/Navegantes_del_Magallanes) (1953–54) and in the [1953 Caribbean Series](/source/1953_Caribbean_Series). ==Major leagues== Over five major league seasons, Starr posted a 12–24 record with 120 [strikeout](/source/strikeout)s and a 5.25 [ERA](/source/earned_run_average) in 93 appearances, including 45 [starts](/source/starting_pitcher), seven [complete game](/source/complete_game)s, two [shutout](/source/shutout)s, two [saves](/source/save_(sport)), and {{frac|344|2|3}} innings of work. ==Personal== After his playing career ended, Starr was employed in the [production control department](/source/production_control_department) for the Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation. Starr died on January 18, 2017, in Kittanning, Pennsylvania at the Armstrong County Health Center where he and his wife resided, the same town in which he was born. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Baseballstats|mlb=122692|espn=18012|br=s/starrdi01|fangraphs=1012433&position=P|brm=starr-001ric}}, or [https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/S/Pstard102.htm Retrosheet] *[https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/c8d09106 SABR Biography Project] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Starr, Dick}} Category:1921 births Category:2017 deaths Category:Augusta Tigers players Category:Baltimore Orioles (International League) players Category:Baseball players from Armstrong County, Pennsylvania Category:Butler Yankees players Category:Findlay Browns players Category:Leones del Caracas players Category:Major League Baseball pitchers Category:Navegantes del Magallanes players Category:American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela Category:New York Yankees players Category:Newark Bears players Category:Richmond Virginians (minor league) players Category:St. Louis Browns players Category:20th-century American sportsmen Category:Washington Senators (1901–1960) players Category:United States Army personnel of World War II Category:People from Kittanning, Pennsylvania --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Dick Starr](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Starr) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Starr?action=history)). 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