Malarkey entered the records books when he became the only pitcher to date in major league history to earn a victory by hitting his own walk-off home run. On September 10, 1902, Malarkey hit a solo shot against St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Mike O\'Neill in the bottom of the 11th inning to give the Beaneaters a 4–3 victory in the second game of a doubleheader at Boston’s South End Grounds.\n', '

In that season, Malarkey ranked fourth on the Boston pitching with his eight wins. Besides, he posted a strong 2.59 earned run average and was one of only four ERA qualifiers in the majors who did not surrender a single home run, being the others Ed Siever of the Detroit Tigers and Ed Doheny and Jesse Tannehill, both of the Pittsburgh Pirates.\n', '

In between, Malarkey spent all or part of 10 seasons in the minors from 1896–1908, winning 20 or more games in five times.\n', '

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