Bob Fothergill Stats & Facts
Bob Fothergill Essentials Positions: Bats: R Throws: R 70 Weight: 230 Born: 8 16, 1897 in Massillon, OH USA Died: 3 20 1938 in Detroit, MI USA Debut: 4/18/1922 Last Game: 7/5/1933 Full Name: Robert Roy Fothergill
The White Sox record an American League-record 12 hits in the 8th inning against the Yankees
1931 – The White Sox record an American League-record 12 hits in the 8th inning against the Yankees. They score 11 runs as Bob Fothergill homers and triples to win, 14 – 12.
Bob “Fats” Fothergill becomes the first – and only – man to pinch-hit for the legendary Ty Cobb
On May 5, 1922, Bob “Fats” Fothergill becomes the first – and only – man to pinch-hit for the legendary Ty Cobb. Facing the Detroit Tigers, Bill Bayne of the St. Louis Browns pitches a no-hitter into the 9th inning. Detroit manager Ty Cobb then sends up five straight pinch hitters, the first of whom breaks up the no-hitter. One of the pinch…
