hire Arlie Latham for the role, the first full-time base coach in MLB. McCormick scored the potential winning run in the infamous 1908 Merkle game. The run was eventually nullified, the game ended in a tie, and the Giants lost the pennant by a single game. McCormick again worked as a salesman in 1910 and 1911. He returned to MLB to play for the Giants in 1912 and 1913. He retired after the 1913 season. Later life McCormick managed the Chattanooga Lookouts in 1914 and 1915. He worked for the Hess Steel Company in Baltimore, Maryland after his retirement. In 1917, he enlisted in the United States Army. He fought in France as a first lieutenant and captain in the 167th Infantry Regiment of the 42nd Infantry Division, known as the "Rainbow Division", during World War I. He then coached the Bucknell Bison baseball team in 1923 through 1925, and the Army Black Knights baseball team in 1928. McCormick remained with the military, serving as a civilian director in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. After the war, he served as Bucknell's director of housing. He died in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1962. McCormick was inducted into the Bucknell Sports Hall of Fame in 1979. References External links 1881 births 1962 deaths Major League Baseball outfielders New York Giants (NL) players Pittsburgh Pirates players Philadelphia Phillies players Chattanooga Lookouts managers Jersey City Skeeters players Chattanooga Lookouts players Memphis Chickasaws players Bucknell Bison baseball players Bucknell Bison baseball coaches United States Army officers United States Army personnel of World War I Baseball players from Philadelphia