1929
Born July 2, 1929
Wheeling, WV, USA
Chuck Stobbs Marquee
b. July 2, 1929 · Boston Red Sox 1947–1951, Chicago White Sox 1952, Washington Senators 1953–1960, St. Louis Cardinals 1958, Minnesota Twins 1961
On April 17, 1953 Chuck Stobbs threw the pitch that Mickey Mantle hit out of Griffith Stadium and into a back yard on Oakdale Place. A Yankees publicist went out with a tape measure and returned with 565 feet, and the tape-measure home run entered the language.
Stobbs pitched fifteen seasons and lost more than he won, largely because he spent eight of them with Washington clubs that finished near the bottom. Boston had signed him out of high school and he won eleven games for them at twenty-one.
Born in Wheeling, West Virginia in 1929, Stobbs worked 1,920 innings with 65 complete games and finished 107-130. Stobbs died in July 2008, nine days after his seventy-ninth birthday.
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | BOS | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1948 | BOS | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1949 | BOS | 26 | 53 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 0 | .208 |
| 1950 | BOS | 32 | 57 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 0 | .246 |
| 1951 | BOS | 34 | 61 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 0 | .180 |
| 1952 | CHW | 38 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 0 | .079 |
| 1953 | WSH | 27 | 44 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 1 | .227 |
| 1954 | WSH | 31 | 51 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | .137 |
| 1955 | WSH | 41 | 35 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | .171 |
| 1956 | WSH | 38 | 84 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 0 | .179 |
| 1957 | WSH | 42 | 76 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 0 | .211 |
| 1958 | STL/WSH | 36 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .063 |
| 1959 | WSH | 41 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .105 |
| 1960 | WSH | 40 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 0 | .088 |
| 1961 | MIN | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .375 |
| Career | — | 460 | 578 | 53 | 102 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 52 | 125 | 1 | .176 |
Pitching, season by season
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | BOS | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 6.00 |
| 1948 | BOS | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6.43 |
| 1949 | BOS | 11 | 6 | 26 | 19 | 0 | 152.0 | 145 | 68 | 75 | 70 | 4.03 |
| 1950 | BOS | 12 | 7 | 32 | 21 | 1 | 169.1 | 158 | 96 | 88 | 78 | 5.10 |
| 1951 | BOS | 10 | 9 | 34 | 25 | 0 | 170.0 | 180 | 90 | 74 | 75 | 4.76 |
| 1952 | CHW | 7 | 12 | 38 | 17 | 1 | 135.0 | 118 | 47 | 72 | 73 | 3.13 |
| 1953 | WSH | 11 | 8 | 27 | 20 | 0 | 153.0 | 146 | 56 | 44 | 67 | 3.29 |
| 1954 | WSH | 11 | 11 | 31 | 24 | 0 | 182.0 | 189 | 83 | 67 | 67 | 4.10 |
| 1955 | WSH | 4 | 14 | 41 | 16 | 3 | 140.1 | 169 | 78 | 57 | 60 | 5.00 |
| 1956 | WSH | 15 | 15 | 37 | 33 | 1 | 240.0 | 264 | 96 | 54 | 97 | 3.60 |
| 1957 | WSH | 8 | 20 | 42 | 31 | 1 | 211.2 | 235 | 126 | 80 | 114 | 5.36 |
| 1958 | STL/WSH | 3 | 9 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 96.1 | 127 | 54 | 30 | 48 | 5.04 |
| 1959 | WSH | 1 | 8 | 41 | 7 | 7 | 90.2 | 82 | 30 | 24 | 50 | 2.98 |
| 1960 | WSH | 12 | 7 | 40 | 13 | 2 | 119.1 | 115 | 44 | 38 | 72 | 3.32 |
| 1961 | MIN | 2 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 44.2 | 56 | 37 | 15 | 17 | 7.46 |
| Career | — | 107 | 130 | 459 | 238 | 19 | 1920.1 | 2003 | 916 | 735 | 897 | 4.29 |
On this day & linked events
2008
Died July 11, 2008
1947
Major-league debut: Chuck Stobbs
Chuck Stobbs made a major-league debut on September 15, 1947.
1957
Bob Keegan's No-Hitter
Bob Keegan threw a no-hitter for the Chicago White Sox against the Washington Senators on August 20, 1957, winning 6–0.
1961
Final major-league game: Chuck Stobbs
Chuck Stobbs played a final major-league game on August 12, 1961.
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