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Marv Goodwin

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right  •  Throws: Right
5-11, 168lb (180cm, 76kg)
Born: January 16, 1891 in Gordonsville, VA
Died: October 21, 1925  in Houston, TX
Buried: MapleWood Cemetery, Gordonsville, VA
High School: Gordonsville HS (Gordonsville, VA)
Debut: September 7, 1916 4,533rd in major league history)
vs. NYY 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER
Last Game: October 4, 1925
vs. PIT 9.0 IP, 14 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 4 ER, L
Full Name: Marvin Mardo Goodwin
View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen
View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

Notable Events and Chronology 

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February 9, 1920

Major leagues announce a rule change banning all “freak deliveries” by pitchers

December 17, 1920

The American League votes to allow pitchers who used the spitball in 1920 to continue using it as long as they are in the league.

October 18, 1925

Army Reserve First Lieutenant pilot Marvin Goodwin’s plane goes into a tailspin and crashes near Houston’s Ellington Field

October 21, 1925

Marv Goodwin is killed in a plane he is piloting, Goodwin was one of the original spitballers who was “grandfathered.”

Biography

Goodwin had just pitched his way back to the majors in 1925 when he died in an off-season plane crash on an Air Reserve training flight. Goodwin was one of the spitballers permitted to openly continue using the pitch after 1919.

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Other Resources & Links

Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     WhatIfSports: Marv Goodwin

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