Claude Rossman Stats & Facts
Claude Rossman Essentials Positions: Bats: L Throws: L 72 Weight: 188 Born: 6 17, 1881 in Philmont, NY USA Died: 1 16 1928 in Poughkeepsie, NY USA Debut: 9/16/1904 Last Game: 9/3/1909 Full Name: Claud Rossman
Ty Cobb steals third base and scores winning run
October 2, 1908, Ty Cobb steals third base, one of three in the game against St Louis Browns at Bennett Park. Detroit chases Rube Waddell in the first inning, then they nearly toss the game away. Trailing 6-5 in the bottom of the 9th, Cobb ties the game with a single and scores the…
Hal Chase comes in to pitch to Ty Cobb and gets him to fly out
With the Highlanders leading the Tigers, 3 – 2, in the 8th, Detroit scores two runs on a Ty Cobb triple. With lefty Claude Rossman the next hitter, New York’s new manager Kid Elberfeld moves righty pitcher Jack Chesbro to 1B and replaces him with first baseman Hal Chase. Chase allows a fly ball that scores Cobb, then goes back to 1B and Chesbro resumes his spot on the mound. It is Chase’s only pitching appearance as the Tigers win, 5 – 3.
