| Jot Goar | |
| Birth Date: | 31 January 1870 |
| Birth Place: | New Lisbon, Indiana |
| Death Place: | New Castle, Indiana |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Right |
| Debutleague: | MLB |
| Debutdate: | April 18 |
| Debutyear: | 1896 |
| Debutteam: | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Finalleague: | MLB |
| Finaldate: | May 1 |
| Finalyear: | 1898 |
| Finalteam: | Cincinnati Reds |
| Statleague: | MLB |
| Stat1label: | Win–loss record |
| Stat2label: | ERA |
| Stat3label: | Strikeouts |
| Stat1value: | 0–1 |
| Stat2value: | 15.85 |
| Stat3value: | 3 |
| Teams: | |
Joshua Mercer Goar (January 31, 1870 – April 4, 1947), was an American professional baseball player who was a pitcher in the National League in 1896 and 1898. Listed at 5feet and 160lb, he threw and batted right-handed.
Goar pitched in four major league games; three games for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1896 and one game for the Cincinnati Reds in 1898, all in relief. In a total of innings pitched, he allowed 40 hits and 36 runs while striking out three batters and walking nine batters.[1] As a batter, he had one hit in six at bats for a .167 batting average.[2]
Minor league records, incomplete for the era, list Goar as playing in the Western League during 1895–1897, and for the Indianapolis Hoosiers in 1900.[3]
Goar is noted for an unusual inning pitched when playing for the minor-league Anderson Tigers in the Indiana State League. On May 30, 1890, he reportedly allowed six hits (three triples, one double, and two singles) in a single inning without a run scoring.[4] The unusual sequence of events included two runners being tagged out at the plate, and the final out coming when a batted ball hit a baserunner (which officially credits the batter with a hit).[5]
Goar was born in New Lisbon, Indiana, in 1870, and he died in 1947 in New Castle, Indiana.[2] He was survived by his wife and two daughters.[6]