Gene Schott Stats & Facts

Gene Schott Stats & Facts

Gene Schott Essentials Positions: Bats: R Throws: R Height: 74 Weight: 185 Born: Monday, July 14, 1913 in Batavia, OH USA Died: 11 16 1992 in Sun City Center, FL USA Debut: 4/16/1935 Last Game: 6/20/1939 Full Name: Arthur Eugene Schott Gene Schott A local teenage pitching prodigy, Gene Schott signed with his hometown Cincinnati…

flood inundates Crosley Field

flood inundates Crosley Field

1937 – In Cincinnati, OH, the worst flood in the city’s history inundates Crosley Field, covering home plate with as much as 21 feet of cold water. The lower grandstand is completely covered. Reds pitchers Gene Schott and Lee Grissom row a boat out from the center field wall and the resulting photo appears across the country. Fortunately, with the season two months away, Opening Day will be unaffected.