Tom Sheehan

Infobox MLB retired
name=Tom Sheehan
position=Pitcher


bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date|1894|3|31|mf=y
city-state|Grand Ridge|Illinois
deathdate=death date and age|1982|10|29|1894|3|31
city-state|Chillicothe|Ohio
debutdate=July 14
debutyear=by|1915
debutteam=Philadelphia Athletics
finaldate=May 27
finalyear=by|1926
finalteam=Pittsburgh Pirates
stat1label=Win-Loss Record
stat1value=17-39
stat2label=Strikeouts
stat2value=169
stat3label=ERA
stat3value=4.00
teams=As player
*Philadelphia Athletics (1915-1916)
*New York Yankees (1921)
*Cincinnati Reds (1924-25)
*Pittsburgh Pirates (1925-26)As manager
*San Francisco Giants (1960)

Thomas Clancy Sheehan (March 31 1894 — October 29, 1982) was an American pitcher, scout and manager in Major League Baseball.

Born in Grand Ridge, Illinois, Sheehan, a righthander, had a six-year pitching career from 1915-1916, 1921 and 1924-1926, playing for the Philadelphia Athletics and New York Yankees of the American League and the Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League. He pitched for two of the worst teams in major league history — the by|1915-by|1916 Athletics. Manager and part-owner Connie Mack totally dismantled his by|1914 AL-champion club after it was swept by the "Miracle" Boston Braves in the World Series. After Mack replaced his stars with inexperienced players, the A's of 1915-16 won a total of 79 games, while losing 226 — a winning percentage of only .259. At 21, Sheehan won four games and lost nine in 1915, but the following season he dropped 16 of 17 decisions (.059), although he compiled a decent earned run average of 3.69.

Overall, Sheehan appeared in 146 major league games, winning 17 and losing 39 (.304) with a 4.00 ERA.

Sheehan coached for the Reds (1935-37) and Boston Braves (1944), and spent many years as a minor league manager and as a scout for the New York/San Francisco Giants. In June 1960, at age 66, he succeeded the fired Bill Rigney as pilot of the Giants. The move was a shocker, and it backfired. Rigney's Giants had won 33 of 58 games and were in second place in the National League; but under Sheehan, San Francisco won 46, lost 50 (.479) and fell to a second-division, fifth place finish. Sheehan resumed his scouting duties at season's end. Sheehan became the oldest person to make his debut as a major-league manager.

He died in Chillicothe, Ohio at the age of 88.