Art Quirk Stats

Art Quirk was born on Sunday, April 11, 1937, in Providence, Rhode Island. Quirk was 25 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 17, 1962, with the Baltimore Orioles. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Art Quirk baseball stats page.

Baseball Almanac Top Quote

"Like a promising racehorse, (Art) Quirk seems to have been bred to pitch baseball. 'My grandfather was an industrial-league pitcher in the early 1900s,' he says, 'and as old as he is now, one reason he hangs on from year to year, I think, is for the love of the game.' Quirk's father pitched, too, at Providence College. He turned down an offer from the Boston Red Sox, before Art was born, to get a Ph.D. in physics, and later coached baseball at his college for three years. 'So I am a pitcher,' says Quirk, 'because it must be in my bones. I have wanted to pitch in the major leagues, in fact, since I was 6 years old, which is as far back as I can remember. Who knows? Maybe I wanted to pitch when I was 4. I don't mean that one day I'd want to be a pitcher but then want to be a policeman or a fireman the next day, like some kids. I mean I've never wanted to do anything else. I guess that sounds made up, but it's so.'" - Columnist Huston Horn in Sports Illustrated (April 16, 1962, 'The Springtime Trials of a Rookie', Link)

Art Quirk

Art Quirk Autograph on a 1992 Crown (#372)

Art Quirk Autograph on a 1992 Crown (#372)

CareerCollegeAll-StarWild CardDivisionLCSWorld SeriesManagerTradesAwardsVideosCardsmlb   espn
Birth Name:   Arthur Lincoln Quirk, Jr.
Nickname:   Art or Artie
Born On:   04-11-1937  (Aries)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Providence, Rhode Island
Year of Death Data Died On:   11-22-2014 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Stonington, Connecticut
Cemetery:   St. Patrick Cemetery, Mystic, Connecticut
High School:   South Kingstown High School (Wakefield, RI)
College:   Dartmouth College
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11   Player Weight Chart Weight:   170
First Game:   04-17-1962 (Age 25)
Last Game:   05-22-1963
Draft:   Not Applicable / Signing Bonus = $15,000

Art Quirk

Art Quirk Pitching Stats

1962 25 Orioles 7 5 0 2 2 .500 5.93 0 0 0 27.1 135 36 18 20 3 18 0 18 2 0 0 -
1963 26 Senators 7 3 1 1 0 1.000 4.29 0 0 0 21.0 93 23 10 13 3 8 1 12 0 0 0 -
2 Years 14 8 1 3 2 .600 5.21 0 0 0 48.1 228 59 28 33 6 26 1 30 2 0 0 -

Art Quirk

Art Quirk Hitting Stats

1962 25 Orioles 7 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .143 .250 .143
1963 26 Senators 7 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250
2 Years 14 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .182 .250 .182

Art Quirk

Art Quirk Fielding Stats

1962 Orioles P 7 5 82 9 1.3 9 2 7 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.96
1963 Senators P 7 3 63 5 0.7 4 1 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .800 1.71
P Totals 14 8 145 14 1.0 13 3 10 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .929 2.42
2 Years 14 8 145 14 1.0 13 3 10 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .929 2.42

Art Quirk

Art Quirk Miscellaneous Stats

1962 Orioles 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 7.0 0.0 1.00 5.93 5.93
1963 Senators 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.50 5.14 3.43
2 Years 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 11.0 0.0 1.15 5.59 4.84

Art Quirk

Art Quirk Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1962 Baltimore Orioles 27 $7,400.00 - -
1963 Washington Senators 22 $7,700.00 - -

search this site site glossary Print Friendly and PDF

baseball almanac flat baseball

baseball almanac fast facts

Did you know that Art Quirk was "followed" by a sportswriter, Huston Horn, in 1962, for seven weeks to show the challenge a rookie faces when they are attempting to make it to the show? The article, "The Springtime Trials Of A Rookie," appeared in in the April 16, 1962 issue of Sports Illustrated and is one of the single best articles on that topic we have ever read. An excerpt:

Quirk gave probably the best description of his own case to a television reporter from Baltimore. Wasn't it a thrill, the reporter wanted to know, for him to be in spring training with the Birds? When you've been here twice already, Quirk said a little dryly, the thrill's not quite so strong. Well, but then, the reporter said, maybe Art could tell all the fans back in Baltimore how the Oriole coaches were helping his pitching. Smoothing out his wind-up, maybe, or helping his aim someway. Said Quirk, if you don't know pretty much how to do those things when you get this far, there's not much anyone can do in spring training to teach you.

For a man already on a major league squad, especially a man whose position is not in jeopardy, the early days of spring training are a warm-climate vacation and a duty to work out a few hours each day and give the papers a few quotes. For a rookie, the worry and tension he brings with him remain a constant thing. His recreation is less relaxation than a conscious attempt at diversion. Art Quirk's pleasures, for example, were typical and undistinguished. In the afternoons after practice his schedule was seldom more arresting than a trip for groceries with Kitty and Kent or, once in a while, a drive to Miami's zoo or its International Airport to watch absently as the jets came and went. Occasionally the Quirks would visit, or be visited by, Marv and Gigi Breeding, friends since Quirk's first spring, when Breeding made the team, or Ron and Joyce Kabbes, a shortstop and his wife the Quirks had known in Rochester. Swimming, for fear of sunburn and softening his hands, was out. Nights for the Quirks weren't much livelier. Art might read, play cribbage with Kitty, watch television or stare bemused at his folded fingers, his shoe tips or the opposite wall. Because they were reluctant to hire an unknown baby-sitter, an evening out was simply dinner with Kent at Toby's Cafeteria or maybe a drive-in movie with Kent asleep in the back. Always the thought of baseball, and April, was just under the surface, and one evening, while Art read an article in The Saturday Evening Post by Whitey Ford, baseball's best left-hander, Kitty wrote letters to both their parents. The letters were confined to Art's pitching and Kent's cute sayings, the only news, she said, they cared a thing about in Rhode Island. It wasn't the home life they rave about in the women's magazines, but at least it wasn't the life of the bachelor rookies, for whom, as likely as not, a movie ticket stub, a wet toothpick and a warm cushion in a McAllister lobby chair were the only signs of another night's lost time.

Source: Sports Illustrated. Huston Horn. April 16, 1962. Read the full article in The Vault (Link).

Art Quirk

Art Quirk | 1963 Topps Baseball Card (#522) | Baseball Almanac Collection

The first baseball card Art Quirk appeared on was a 1963 Topps (#522), a "Rookie Stars" card that also included Mel Nelson, Gary Peters and Jim Roland.

If you find this type of "free" data useful please consider making a donation to Baseball Almanac : a privately run / non-commercial site in need of financial assistance.