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Arbiter · 04-19-2002, 04:57 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by TheRockCT:

This is of course in the current baseball era. If it was in the early 1900's, some players would pitch a CG, end up in the field the next 2 games, and then pitch again on 2-3 days rest.<hr /></blockquote>I can't think of *any* case in history where this is true at the major-league level. There have been a couple notable other cases of conversions, and a couple cases of pitchers playing the field sporadically during the season, but never regularly (and, generally, during stretches when the pitcher was playing the field, he didn't pitch).

There are some really interesting cases though: Doc Crandall was in fact a middle infielder here and there when not on the mound. Ray Caldwell started a few games in left field for the 1911 Yankees; when he pitched, he batted ninth, of course; but when he played left field, he was the leadoff hitter!

04-19-2002, 04:57 PM	#6
Arbiter Minors (Double A) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: College Station TX Posts: 127	</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by TheRockCT: <strong> This is of course in the current baseball era. If it was in the early 1900's, some players would pitch a CG, end up in the field the next 2 games, and then pitch again on 2-3 days rest.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">I can't think of any case in history where this is true at the major-league level. There have been a couple notable other cases of conversions, and a couple cases of pitchers playing the field sporadically during the season, but never regularly (and, generally, during stretches when the pitcher was playing the field, he didn't pitch). There are some really interesting cases though: Doc Crandall was in fact a middle infielder here and there when not on the mound. Ray Caldwell started a few games in left field for the 1911 Yankees; when he pitched, he batted ninth, of course; but when he played left field, he was the leadoff hitter!