Chuck Hostetler Essentials Positions: Bats: L Throws: R Height: 72 Weight: 175 Born: Tuesday, September 22, 1903 in McClellandtown, PA USA Died: 2 18 1971 in Fort Collins, CO USA Debut: 4/18/1944 Last Game: 9/23/1945 Full Name: Charles Cloyd Hostetler
On July 7, 1948 The Indians stun the baseball world by signing Satchel Paige, veteran Negro League pitcher. The move is ridiculed by some as a Bill Veeck publicity stunt, and J.G. Taylor Spink in The Sporting News editorializes, “Veeck has gone too far in his quest for publicity. To sign a hurler at Paige’s…
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