Bill Sayles Essentials Positions: Bats: R Throws: R Height: 74 Weight: 175 Born: Friday, July 27, 1917 in Portland, OR USA Died: 11 20 1996 in Lincoln City, OR USA Debut: 7/17/1939 Last Game: 8/28/1943 Full Name: William Nisbeth Sayles
On July 31, 1943, the Brooklyn Dodger Dolph Camilli, the leagueâs MVP in 1941, is traded with Johnny Allen to the New York Giants for Bill Sayles, Bill Lohrman and Joe Orengo. Camilli declines to report to his new team and retires to a California ranch for the season. Next year, he will manage in theâŠ
At Forbes Fieldâ the Pirates hold an 8 â 7 lead when Vince DiMaggio singles off Giants P Bill Sayles in the bottom of the 8th. With Pete Coscarart at batâ the first pitch skips by C Ernie Lombardiâ who lumbers after the ball as DiMaggio heads for second base. When Vince sees that Lombardi has yet to reach the ball he continues on to third baseâ while Sayles shakes his head at how slow his backstop is. With home plate unguardedâ DiMaggio continues running and scores â from first â on a passed ball. The Bucs win, 9 â 8.
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