Brooklyn, in need of an outfielder, buys Ike Boone from the San Francisco Missions (Pacific Coast League) where he was hitting .448 through 83 games. In 1929, Boone compiled an all-time record of 553 total bases while hitting 55 homers and batting .407. Boone wasn’t even Brooklyn’s first choice; the Robins preferred another PCL batting star, Buzz Arlett, who had his eye injured in a postgame fight with umpire Chet Chadbourne, who slugged the Oakland OF with his mask.

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On June 30, 1930 Brooklyn, in need of an outfielder, buys Ike Boone from the San Francisco Missions (Pacific Coast League) where he was hitting .448 through 83 games. In 1929, Boone compiled an all-time record of 553 total bases while hitting 55 homers and batting .407. Boone wasn’t even Brooklyn’s first choice; the Robins preferred another PCL batting star, Buzz Arlett, who had his eye injured in a postgame fight with umpire Chet Chadbourne, who slugged the Oakland OF with his mask.