The Resume

(March 2, 1902-May 29, 1972)
Played for the Brooklyn Robins (1923), Chicago White Sox (1926-30), Cleveland Indians (1931), Washington Senators (1932-34), Boston Red Sox (1935-39)

Why he might be annoying:

He called his catchers equipment 'the tools of ignorance.'
He was a mediocre hitter, with a .243 lifetime batting average.
His final words were 'How did the Mets do today?'

Why he might not be annoying:

He graduated from Princeton.
He spoke seven languages, including Sanskrit.
He attended the Sorbonne in Paris, where he studied linguistics.
He received a law degree from Columbia University.
He secretly filmed Tokyo installations during a 1934 All Star trip to Japan at the request of the US government.
He posed as a Swiss physics student to attend a lecture by a German physicist to learn about Germany's atomic bomb project (1944).
He was awarded the Medal of Freedom for his espionage work, but respectfully rejected it.
He was awarded the Medal of Freedom for his espionage work, but respectfully rejected it.

Credit: Jon Mullich

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Baseball Players
• Boston Red Sox
• Chicago White Sox
• Cleveland Guardians
• Famous Jewish Sports Legends
• I Died in 1972 (Ranked: 70)
• I Played for the Red Sox and White Sox
• Jon Mullich's Profiles
• Look at Me, I Got My Hands Up
• Look at Me, I'm Wearing a Baseball Cap
• Profiles 4751-5000 (Ranked: 4829)
• U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 11 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 9 Votes: 11.11% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 17 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 29 Votes: 34.48% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 29 Votes: 37.93% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 37 Votes: 48.65% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 99 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 139 Votes: 42.45% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 251 Votes: 42.63% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 293 Votes: 42.66% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 851 Votes: 42.54% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 640 Votes: 45.31% Annoying