Word: baseman
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...oldtime hero of the Pacific Coast League, in 1932 O'Doul was No. i batsman of the National League, but a 1933 slump had put him on the bench, to be brought forth only in a pinch like this. Twice O'Doul swung and fouled. Third-Baseman Jackson, waiting his turn at bat, called out: "Take it easy, Lefty. You don't need to hit it out of the park. A single will do." O'Doul cracked the next ball into centre field for a single, scoring Critz and Terry, putting the Giants ahead. Another single...
...game was not yet out of danger. In their last half, Washington filled the bases with one out and Pinch-hitter Cliff Bolton went to bat. Out from the Giants' bench raced Charley Dressen. a substitute third baseman who had not had his hands on the ball throughout the series. He waylaid Manager Terry. "Play back. Bill," he begged. "I know this guy Bolton from the minors. He hits hard but he's the slowest man in the league. Play him for a double play!" Astonished, Terry obeyed, ordered his infielders back. True to Dressen's word...
...Francisco, while Dr. William Mills was performing a caesarean operation on Mrs. John Vergez, wife of the New York Giants' third baseman, her pulse stopped. Dr. Mills immediately lanced his left arm, performed a blood transfusion, finished the operation. The child died, Mrs. Vergez was recovering...
Married. Henry Louis ("Lou") Gehrig, 30, "iron man" first baseman of the New York Yankees, holder of the major league record for consecutive games played (TIME. Aug. 28); and Eleanor Grace Twitchell, 27, University of Wisconsin graduate, daughter of a retired Chicago restaurateur; in New Rochelle...
...Chicago Infielder Stanley Hack. A harder hitting team and, man for man, more impressive on the strength of batting and fielding averages, the Senators this year developed a crack centre fielder, Fred Schulte, to replace Sam West whom Owner Clark Griffith surprisingly traded last spring. Their young first baseman, Joe Kuhel, is a hard hitter and usually a good base-runner though he nearly delayed the Senators' pennant-clinching last week by falling asleep on third base in the important game with St. Louis. Teams which function unexpectedly in the regular season may function even more strangely when they...