This Week we cover August 26 – Sept 1 . . . We are going to talk Tom Yawkey, Jackie Robinson, Jeff Bagwell, The First Televised Game, Rob Dibble, The Rat and Lou Whitaker and Alan Trammell. TRIVIA – Who was the first black/African American player in Major League Baseball History? On August 26, 1939…
Hugh Casey Essentials Positions: PitcherBats: Right Throws: RightHeight: 6′-1″ Weight: 207Born: Tuesday, October 14, 1913 in Atlanta, GA USADied: July 3, 1951 in Atlanta, GA USADebut: April 29, 1935Last Game: September 23, 1949Full Name: Hugh Thomas Casey Players who debuted in 1935 Claude PasseauWally MosesBuddy LewisBuck LeonardIval GoodmanTerry MooreHarry GumbertBilly MyersRay Mueller All-Time…
On July 3, 1951, former major league pitcher Hugh Casey commits suicide by shooting himself in the neck. The 37-year-old Casey won 75 games and saved 55 games over a nine-year career, mostly with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
August 8, 1940. After a Daily News story reported that the New York Giants’ bullpen had an awning, the Dodgers decided to bring their own awning to the Polo Grounds; it was supplied by Leffert’s Bar and Grill. Pictured are pitcher Hugh Casey, catcher Gus Mancuso and coach Charley Dressen.
At Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field, NBC televises the first major league game in history on experimental station W2XBS, covering a doubleheader split in which the Reds win the first game, 5-2, and the Dodgers take the nightcap, 6-1. The network employs two cameras, one behind home plate, showing a wide view of the field, and the other on the third base line to capture the plays at first base.