Tillie Shafer Stats & Facts
Tillie Shafer Essentials Positions: Bats: B Throws: R 70 Weight: 165 Born: 3 22, 1889 in Los Angeles, CA USA Died: 1 10 1962 in Los Angeles, CA USA Debut: 4/24/1909 Last Game: 10/4/1913 Full Name: Arthur Joseph Shafer
Wally Schang drives in 4 to put A’s up 3-1 over Giants
October 10, 1913 At Shibe Park the home team won for the first time in the series, although the visiting Giants made it close in the late innings. Wally Schang had four RBI for the A’s, they now had a 3–1 series lead. Just like in Game 1, Bender struggled but went the distance for…
In Game 3 of the World Series, rookie right-hander Joe Bush throws a complete game, limiting the Giants to five hits in the A’s 8-2 victory at the Polo Grounds
In Game 3 of the World Series, rookie right-hander Joe Bush throws a complete game, limiting the Giants to five hits in the A’s 8-2 victory at the Polo Grounds. At the age 20 years and 316 days, ‘Bullet Joe’ is the youngest pitcher to start a game in the Fall Classic, 40 days sooner than more efforts by Fernando Valenzuela (1981) and Jim Palmer (1966), tied for second on the list.
Fans parade around Fenway Park before the 1912 World Series
October 9, 1912 Boston fans parade around Fenway Park before the start of the world Series, Game 2. Christy Mathewson later said of the moment when he took the mound at Fenway Park, “This was the only place in the world that I wanted to be. I could think of nothing greater than pitching…
