Doc Tonkin

{{short description|American baseball player (1881-1959)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Doc Tonkin |position=Pitcher |image= |bats=Left |throws=Left |birth_date={{Birth date|1881|8|11}} |birth_place=Concord, New Hampshire, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1959|5|30|1881|8|11}} |death_place=Miami, Florida, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=August 19 |debutyear=1907 |debutteam=Washington Senators |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=May 30 |finalyear=1907 |finalteam=Washington Senators |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Games |stat1value=1 |stat2label=Win–loss record |stat2value=0–0 |stat3label=ERA |stat3value=6.75 |stat4label=Batting average |stat4value=1.000 (2-for-2) |teams= *Washington Senators ({{mlby|1907}}) }} '''Harry Glenville''' "'''Doc'''" '''Tonkin''' (August 11, 1881 – May 30, 1959) was an American physician and professional baseball player, who appeared in one major-league game, for the 1907 Washington Senators.

==Biography== Tonkin was born in 1881 in Concord, New Hampshire.<ref name=retro/> He played baseball professionally from 1905 to 1907, for three different teams in Minor League Baseball, for which statistical detail is lacking.<ref name=brm>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=tonkin001har |title=Doc Tonkin Minor Leagues Statistics |website=Baseball-Reference.com |accessdate=April 6, 2024}}</ref> He played in one major-league game, for the Washington Senators on May 30, 1907.<ref name=retro/> He pitched {{frac|2|2|3}} innings, and gave up six hits and two earned runs.<ref name=retro/> He also collected two hits in two at bats,<ref name=retro/> for a rare 1.000 batting average.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ballnine.com/2021/12/17/batting-1-000/ |title=Batting 1.000. Really. |first=Kevin |last=Czerwinski |website=ballnine.com |date=December 17, 2021 |accessdate=April 6, 2024}}</ref>

Tonkin attended Baltimore Medical College, which was later absorbed into the University of Maryland.<ref name=sabr/> He operated a medical practice in Martinsburg, West Virginia, where he served three terms as mayor.<ref name=sabr/> During World War I, he served briefly as a captain in the United States Army Medical Corps.<ref name=sabr/> Tonkin died in 1959 in Miami, Florida.<ref name=retro>{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/T/Ptonkd101.htm |title=Doc Tonkin |website=Retrosheet |accessdate=April 6, 2024}}</ref><ref name=sabr>{{cite web |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/Doc-Tonkin/ |title=Doc Tonkin |first=Chris |last=Rainey |website=Society for American Baseball Research |accessdate=April 6, 2024}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{baseballstats |br=t/tonkido01 |brm=tonkin001har |retro=T/Ptonkd101}}

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