| Tom Drohan | |
| Position: | Pitcher |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Right |
| Birth Date: | 26 August 1887 |
| Birth Place: | Fall River, Massachusetts |
| Death Place: | Kewanee, Illinois |
| Debutleague: | MLB |
| Debutdate: | May 1 |
| Debutyear: | 1913 |
| Debutteam: | Washington Senators |
| Finalleague: | MLB |
| Finaldate: | May 16 |
| Finalyear: | 1913 |
| Finalteam: | Washington Senators |
| Statleague: | MLB |
| Stat1label: | Games played |
| Stat1value: | 2 |
| Stat2label: | Innings pitched |
| Stat2value: | 2 |
| Stat3label: | Earned runs |
| Stat3value: | 2 |
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Thomas F. Drohan (August 26, 1887 – September 17, 1926) was a professional baseball pitcher from 1908 to 1917. He played one season in Major League Baseball for the Washington Senators. Drohan was 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighed 175 pounds.[1]
Drohan was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, in 1887. He started his professional baseball career in 1908. That season, he had a win–loss record of 11–12 in the Central League.[2] In 1911, Drohan joined the Central Association's Kewanee Boilermakers and was the team's top pitcher, with a record of 19–10.[3] The following season, he improved to 24–6.[2] He won 17 of 19 games at one point and was pitching so well that Kewanee received a number of offers from other clubs to buy him.[4] He pitched a no-hitter against Hannibal on August 29, winning 4–0.[5] The following year, Sporting Life wrote that he was a "natural pitcher" and "considered an unusually good prospect."[6]
Drohan was drafted by the American League's Washington Senators in the 1912 rule 5 draft. He appeared in two games for them in May 1913, allowing two earned runs in two innings pitched.[1] Soon afterwards, Washington released him. The Cleveland Naps claimed Drohan off waivers, but he never pitched for Cleveland, and his major league career was over.[7] He then returned to the Central Association in 1914. He spent most of the season with the Waterloo Jays and went 15-7 for Waterloo. The following year, his record dropped to 14–17. Drohan then joined the Clinton Pilots in 1916 and went 9–6 with a 2.34 earned run average. He stayed in the Central Association for one more campaign in 1917 before his professional baseball career ended.[2]
Overall, Drohan pitched in 220 minor league baseball games and had a career win-loss record of 101–76.[2] He died in Kewanee, Illinois – the site of his former glory – in 1926 and was buried in Pleasant View Cemetery.[1]