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Jamee999 · 12-25-2019, 10:41 PM

INTERMISSION: Who The Heck Are Some Of These Guys? - Part Two

Part One

In this sim, almost all of the best position players were also excellent players in real life. The leaderboards are topped by names like Babe Ruth, Eddie Collins, Rogers Hornsby, Ty Cobb, Jimmie Foxx, and Nap Lajoie - all inner-circle Hall of Famers in real life and in the simulated universe. However, the same thing isn't true about the pitchers. While there are some familiar names, such as Walter Johnson, many of the top hurlers in this universe will likely be unfamiliar to most readers. Here is a brief portrait of the real-life careers of a few of the top moundsmen in The Chaos List.

Marv Breuer - Breuer was a right-handed pitcher who played for the Yankees between 1939 and 1943, including two World Series appearances. MLB Stats: 25-26, 4.03 ERA

Baseball Reference Bullpen: "Missouri native Marv Breuer spent ten seasons in professional baseball from 1934 to 1943. He spent six of those years (1934-1939) in the minor leagues before getting his chance at the big leagues. Breuer made his debut in the major leagues with the New York Yankees on May 4, 1939 appearing in one game with no decisions and spent the rest of the season with the Kansas City Blues of the American Association. Marv led the league with a 2.28 ERA and helped his team to the league championship with a 17-6 record. Marv spent the next four seasons (1940-1943) back with the Bronx Bombers, building a 25-26 record and a 4.03 ERA in 86 outings. His best year came in 1941, when he went 9-7 in 26 games. His final game with the Yankees and in professional baseball came on September 28, 1943."

George Dumont - A Minnesotan right-hander, Dumont appeared in the big leagues for the Senators in four seasons, as well as briefly for the Red Sox. MLB Stats: 10-23, 2.85 ERA

Baseball Reference Bullpen: "George Dumont had a strong start to his major league career in 1915 with the Washington Senators, posting a 2.03 ERA at age 19. His ERA in 1916 was slightly below average, but in 1917, when he got most of his major league work, it was again better than average. He finished up his major league time with the Boston Red Sox in 1919, in Babe Ruth's last year with the team. One of Dumont's teammates on the Senators was none other than Walter Johnson. His nickname "Pea Soup" is a disparaging name often saddled on French Canadians; he came from a Canadian family who had emigrated to Minnesota and whose primary language was French."

Carl Fischer - A journeyman right-hander, Fischer won thirteen games for the Senators in 1931 and eleven games for the Tigers in 1933, but was otherwise ineffective. MLB Stats: 46-50, 4.63 ERA

SABR Bio: "Entering 1931, Washington was widely considered to have the strongest stable of pitchers in the league. Despite the stiff competition, Fischer headed north from spring training in Biloxi, Mississippi, on the Senators’ roster. Early in the season he was one of the team’s most effective pitchers and by mid-June sported a 7-1 record and the best winning percentage in the American League. Included in this span of games was an outing that Fischer considered the highlight of his career. In the first game of a May 30 doubleheader against the New York Yankees at Washington’s Griffith Stadium, Senators starter Sad Sam Jones began the ninth inning by giving up a home run to Tony Lazzeri and a single to Earl Combs. With nobody out and Washington clinging to a 3-2 lead, Johnson summoned Fischer from the bullpen to face the heart of the Bronx Bombers’ lineup. Fischer proceeded to strike out Sammy Byrd and Babe Ruth, and then coaxed Lou Gehrig to pop out to end the contest. Fischer claimed he got a $1,000 bonus for his game-saving act."

Clarence Pickrel - A tall right-hander from Virginia, Pickrel appeared in nine games for the Phillies in 1933, and ten for the Braves in 1934. He won 16 games for the Seattle Indians of the Pacific Coast League in 1937, and went on to manage for Petersburg of the Virginia League in 1941. MLB Stats: 1-0, 4.55 ERA.

Wikipedia: "In April 1934, Pickrel opened that season with the Braves, pitching three scoreless innings against the Brooklyn Dodgers, walking one batter and striking out two. In his next appearance against the Dodgers, Pickrel started the game, allowing 4 runs on 5 hits in 2 1⁄3 innings. He allowed runs in four consecutive appearances, the second of which came against the Chicago Cubs on May 4, when he gave up two runs in a single inning. After allowing lone runs to the Cincinnati Reds and the Giants, Pickrel posted three consecutive scoreless appearances before completing his Boston tenure with a one-inning, one-run contest against the Cardinals on June 12. For the major league portion of the season, he struck out nine batters and walked seven, allowing nine runs. He also played for the Syracuse Chiefs of the International League during that year, posting a 9–11 record and a 5.03 ERA in 154 innings.

Pickrel played with the Seattle Indians of the Pacific Coast League—one of that organization's founding member teams—in 1935. He amassed a 6–16 record while appearing in 44 games, the team's third-highest total. His 5.16 ERA was collected in 176 innings, in which he walked 75 batters. In 1936, he played a portion of the year with Seattle, winning three games and losing one in ten games, but made 32 appearances for the Tulsa Oilers, collecting a 9–8 record and a 5.03 ERA. The following two seasons were spent entirely with Seattle; in 1937, Pickrel posted career highs in wins (16) and losses (17), pitching 266 innings. His 165 runs (129 earned) and 52 games were career highs, and his 281 hits allowed were second only to his first professional season. The following year, his 8–8 record was accompanied by a 4.47 ERA and 65 walks in 32 games."

Gene Schott - Schott pitched in the big leagues for five years, most notably having a 2.97 ERA for a bad Reds team in 1937, but was out of the majors following his age 25 season. MLB Stats: 28-41, 3.72 ERA

Baseball Reference Bullpen: "Gene Schott pitched in the major leagues for five years in the lively ball era. He ranked in the top 10 in the league in ERA in 1937 with a 2.97, but his record was only 4-13 for a team that lost 98 games. The previous year he had gone 11-11. Pitched for Toronto Maple Leafs of the International League in 1934. In January 1937, he and Lee Grissom appeared in a photo rowing a boat over the center field fence in Crosley Field after a rainstorm flooded the field."

Vito Tamulis - A Lithuanian-American starter for the Yankees, Browns, Dodgers, and Phillies, Tamulis went 12-6 after being traded to Brooklyn mid-season in 1938. MLB Stats: 40-28, 3.97 ERA

Baseball Reference Bullpen: "For whatever the reason, Tamulis was then traded by the Yankees to the St. Louis Browns for Harry Davis on December 4, 1937. He immediately went 0-3 for the Browns and on May 20, 1938 he was selected off waivers by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Browns. Vito would have three good seasons (1938-1940) with the Ebbets Field team, going 29-19 with a 3.77 ERA. He occasionally surfaced among the league leaders during this time, including a 9th-place finish in the 1939 NL with a 3.09 ERA. On November 11, 1940, he was traded by the Dodgers along with Bill Crouch, Mickey Livingston and $100,000 to the Philadelphia Phillies for Kirby Higbe. Tamulis appeared in 18 games for the Phillies, went 0-1 and on May 6, 1941 the Phillies traded him back to the Dodgers for Lee Grissom. Vito appeared in just 12 games for the 1941 Dodgers with no decisions and was traded to the Southern Association Nashville Vols for Tom Drake and Tommy Tatum to complete his whirlwind year."

12-25-2019, 10:41 PM	#85
Jamee999 All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 769	*INTERMISSION: Who The Heck Are* Some Of These Guys? - Part Two Part One In this sim, almost all of the best position players were also excellent players in real life. The leaderboards are topped by names like Babe Ruth, Eddie Collins, Rogers Hornsby, Ty Cobb, Jimmie Foxx, and Nap Lajoie - all inner-circle Hall of Famers in real life and in the simulated universe. However, the same thing isn't true about the pitchers. While there are some familiar names, such as Walter Johnson, many of the top hurlers in this universe will likely be unfamiliar to most readers. Here is a brief portrait of the real-life** careers of a few of the top moundsmen in The Chaos List. Marv Breuer - Breuer was a right-handed pitcher who played for the Yankees between 1939 and 1943, including two World Series appearances. MLB Stats: 25-26, 4.03 ERA Baseball Reference Bullpen: "Missouri native Marv Breuer spent ten seasons in professional baseball from 1934 to 1943. He spent six of those years (1934-1939) in the minor leagues before getting his chance at the big leagues. Breuer made his debut in the major leagues with the New York Yankees on May 4, 1939 appearing in one game with no decisions and spent the rest of the season with the Kansas City Blues of the American Association. Marv led the league with a 2.28 ERA and helped his team to the league championship with a 17-6 record. Marv spent the next four seasons (1940-1943) back with the Bronx Bombers, building a 25-26 record and a 4.03 ERA in 86 outings. His best year came in 1941, when he went 9-7 in 26 games. His final game with the Yankees and in professional baseball came on September 28, 1943." George Dumont - A Minnesotan right-hander, Dumont appeared in the big leagues for the Senators in four seasons, as well as briefly for the Red Sox. MLB Stats: 10-23, 2.85 ERA Baseball Reference Bullpen: "George Dumont had a strong start to his major league career in 1915 with the Washington Senators, posting a 2.03 ERA at age 19. His ERA in 1916 was slightly below average, but in 1917, when he got most of his major league work, it was again better than average. He finished up his major league time with the Boston Red Sox in 1919, in Babe Ruth's last year with the team. One of Dumont's teammates on the Senators was none other than Walter Johnson. His nickname "Pea Soup" is a disparaging name often saddled on French Canadians; he came from a Canadian family who had emigrated to Minnesota and whose primary language was French." Carl Fischer - A journeyman right-hander, Fischer won thirteen games for the Senators in 1931 and eleven games for the Tigers in 1933, but was otherwise ineffective. MLB Stats: 46-50, 4.63 ERA SABR Bio: "Entering 1931, Washington was widely considered to have the strongest stable of pitchers in the league. Despite the stiff competition, Fischer headed north from spring training in Biloxi, Mississippi, on the Senators’ roster. Early in the season he was one of the team’s most effective pitchers and by mid-June sported a 7-1 record and the best winning percentage in the American League. Included in this span of games was an outing that Fischer considered the highlight of his career. In the first game of a May 30 doubleheader against the New York Yankees at Washington’s Griffith Stadium, Senators starter Sad Sam Jones began the ninth inning by giving up a home run to Tony Lazzeri and a single to Earl Combs. With nobody out and Washington clinging to a 3-2 lead, Johnson summoned Fischer from the bullpen to face the heart of the Bronx Bombers’ lineup. Fischer proceeded to strike out Sammy Byrd and Babe Ruth, and then coaxed Lou Gehrig to pop out to end the contest. Fischer claimed he got a $1,000 bonus for his game-saving act." Clarence Pickrel - A tall right-hander from Virginia, Pickrel appeared in nine games for the Phillies in 1933, and ten for the Braves in 1934. He won 16 games for the Seattle Indians of the Pacific Coast League in 1937, and went on to manage for Petersburg of the Virginia League in 1941. MLB Stats: 1-0, 4.55 ERA. Wikipedia: "In April 1934, Pickrel opened that season with the Braves, pitching three scoreless innings against the Brooklyn Dodgers, walking one batter and striking out two. In his next appearance against the Dodgers, Pickrel started the game, allowing 4 runs on 5 hits in 2 1⁄3 innings. He allowed runs in four consecutive appearances, the second of which came against the Chicago Cubs on May 4, when he gave up two runs in a single inning. After allowing lone runs to the Cincinnati Reds and the Giants, Pickrel posted three consecutive scoreless appearances before completing his Boston tenure with a one-inning, one-run contest against the Cardinals on June 12. For the major league portion of the season, he struck out nine batters and walked seven, allowing nine runs. He also played for the Syracuse Chiefs of the International League during that year, posting a 9–11 record and a 5.03 ERA in 154 innings. Pickrel played with the Seattle Indians of the Pacific Coast League—one of that organization's founding member teams—in 1935. He amassed a 6–16 record while appearing in 44 games, the team's third-highest total. His 5.16 ERA was collected in 176 innings, in which he walked 75 batters. In 1936, he played a portion of the year with Seattle, winning three games and losing one in ten games, but made 32 appearances for the Tulsa Oilers, collecting a 9–8 record and a 5.03 ERA. The following two seasons were spent entirely with Seattle; in 1937, Pickrel posted career highs in wins (16) and losses (17), pitching 266 innings. His 165 runs (129 earned) and 52 games were career highs, and his 281 hits allowed were second only to his first professional season. The following year, his 8–8 record was accompanied by a 4.47 ERA and 65 walks in 32 games." Gene Schott - Schott pitched in the big leagues for five years, most notably having a 2.97 ERA for a bad Reds team in 1937, but was out of the majors following his age 25 season. MLB Stats: 28-41, 3.72 ERA Baseball Reference Bullpen: "Gene Schott pitched in the major leagues for five years in the lively ball era. He ranked in the top 10 in the league in ERA in 1937 with a 2.97, but his record was only 4-13 for a team that lost 98 games. The previous year he had gone 11-11. Pitched for Toronto Maple Leafs of the International League in 1934. In January 1937, he and Lee Grissom appeared in a photo rowing a boat over the center field fence in Crosley Field after a rainstorm flooded the field." Vito Tamulis - A Lithuanian-American starter for the Yankees, Browns, Dodgers, and Phillies, Tamulis went 12-6 after being traded to Brooklyn mid-season in 1938. MLB Stats: 40-28, 3.97 ERA Baseball Reference Bullpen: "For whatever the reason, Tamulis was then traded by the Yankees to the St. Louis Browns for Harry Davis on December 4, 1937. He immediately went 0-3 for the Browns and on May 20, 1938 he was selected off waivers by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Browns. Vito would have three good seasons (1938-1940) with the Ebbets Field team, going 29-19 with a 3.77 ERA. He occasionally surfaced among the league leaders during this time, including a 9th-place finish in the 1939 NL with a 3.09 ERA. On November 11, 1940, he was traded by the Dodgers along with Bill Crouch, Mickey Livingston and $100,000 to the Philadelphia Phillies for Kirby Higbe. Tamulis appeared in 18 games for the Phillies, went 0-1 and on May 6, 1941 the Phillies traded him back to the Dodgers for Lee Grissom. Vito appeared in just 12 games for the 1941 Dodgers with no decisions and was traded to the Southern Association Nashville Vols for Tom Drake and Tommy Tatum to complete his whirlwind year."