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Thursday, August 12, 2021
Washington Times, August 12, 1921: Tyrus Cobb may never play baseball again after this season, for the great ball player is badly handicapped by a cataract on his right eye.
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After the present playing season ends, Ty Cobb is coming to Boston, where specialists will perform an operation to save his eye.
Cobb was obviously struggling in 1921. He only hit .389 with 65 extra-base hits, 124 runs scored, and 101 runs batted in.
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1. Jefferson Manship (Dan Lee) Posted: August 12, 2021 at 10:32 AM (#6034031)C: Ray Schalk (33.2 WAR)
1B: Don Hurst (12.7 WAR)
2B: Chris Owings (2.6 WAR)
3B: Harlond Clift (42.0 WAR)
SS: Zack Cozart (14.6 WAR)
LF: Ian Happ (4.6 WAR)
CF: Lew Ford (8.3 WAR)
RF: Jose Tabata (1.9 WAR)
SP: Christy Mathewson (106.5 WAR)
SP: Fred Hutchinson (26.0 WAR)
SP: Bob Buhl (21.9 WAR)
SP: Matt Clement (12.3 WAR)
SP: Ken McBride (6.9 WAR)
RP: Julio Urias (5.5 WAR)
Manager/GM: Minoru Murakami
Not a great last name for a pitcher: Kyle Lobstein
Fun names: Rusty McNealy, Pony Sager, Skinny Graham
Up to .958, 4th in the NL, 2nd in HR, 3rd in slg%, top 10 in RBI (even with missing a month).
Since June 28:
38 games, 167 pa, .343/.437/.786, 17 hr and 40 rbi. Joey Votto, RBI machine! is about the last thing I expected of the 2021 season.
He definitely knew how to pitch in a pinch.
Another pitcher born on this day that deserves mention is Gene Basque. Basque never made the majors in the US, and had a losing record in the minor leagues, but became a major star in Japan in the 1960s, becoming the first American to win the Sawamura Award, given to the top NPB starting pitcher, in 1964. That season he went 29-9, 1.88, leading the league in both wins and ERA. He pitched seven seasons for the Hanshin Tigers, and one for the Kintetsu Buffaloes, from 1962 to 1969, making five All-Star teams and compiling a career NPB record of 100-80, with a 2.34 ERA.
Worst last name for a pitcher? I say Bob Walk, but I imagine there are better ones.
Any suggestions for worst for a fielder and a hitter?
Edit: Coke to Tom!
Early Wynn disagrees.
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