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Pembroke Finlayson
“Pembroke Finlayson” was surely a mouthful of a name for a 5-foot-6, 140-pound lad. Known as the “Midget Twirler,” young Mr. Finlayson made two very brief appearances in major-league baseball, pitching for the Brooklyn club, before reaching the age of 22. He might have worked his way back to the bigs if he’d only made it to age 23.
Nineteen year-old Finlayson made his major league debut on June 6, 1908, pitching for the Brooklyn Superbas at home against the Cincinnati Reds. He was brought in to start the fourth inning and promptly walked the first three batters. The fourth batter bunted back to the pitcher; Finlayson threw home, but not in time, and the batter reached first on the fielder's choice. He then walked the next batter and was taken out of the game. All of the remaining base runners later scored in that inning, and Finlayson did not appear in another major league game that year. His 1908 ERA was 135.00.
In 1912, he was diagnosed with a heart problem for which he had surgery, and then he tried to come back to baseball too soon and overstressed himself, leaving his wife and two young children.
Redid the facegen. It took a lot of smoothing to eliminate the newsprint dots. Couldn't shake the dark patches under the eyes and after an hour decided I could live with them...
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