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A spitball is a now-illegal baseball pitch in which the ball has been altered by the application of a foreign substance such as saliva or petroleum jelly. This technique alters the wind resistance and weight on one side of the ball, causing it to move in an atypical manner.
Yancey Wyatt "Doc" Ayers (May 21, 1891 – May 26, 1968) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). He was known for throwing the spitball and was one of the 17 pitchers allowed to continue throwing the pitch after it was outlawed in 1920.
Shocker, known as one of the last legal spitball pitchers, led the American League (AL)—and set the Browns' record—in 1921 with 27 wins, and won 20 games in four consecutive seasons from 1920 to 1923. [2] At the time of his retirement, he was the Browns' all-time leader in wins with 126 and shutouts with 23. [3]
The spitball is an illegal baseball pitch where the ball has been altered by the application of a foreign substance, such as saliva or petroleum jelly. The emery ball, also an illegal pitch, consists of throwing a ball that has been scuffed by a rough surface, such as an emery board or sandpaper.
Frank Victor Shellenback (December 16, 1898 – August 17, 1969) was an American pitcher, pitching coach, and scout in Major League Baseball.As a pitcher, he was famous as an expert spitballer when the pitch was still legal in organized baseball; however, because Shellenback, then 21, was on a minor league roster when "trick pitches" was outlawed after the 1919 season, he was banned from ...
Burleigh Arland Grimes (August 18, 1893 – December 6, 1985) was an American professional baseball player and manager, and the last pitcher officially permitted to throw the spitball. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Grimes made the most of this advantage, as well as his unshaven, menacing presence on the mound, which earned him the nickname " Ol ...
He learned how to throw a spitball from Bob Shaw, a teammate of Perry's with the Giants, as well as how to hide that he was throwing it from the umpires and opposing team. [7] Perry discussed using the pitch in a game for the first time on May 31, 1964, against the New York Mets , during extra innings of the second game of a doubleheader . [ 8 ]
Spitball: The Baseball Literary Magazine is a quarterly literary magazine dedicated to baseball literature. Founded by Mike Shannon and W. J. Harrison, the magazine publishes baseball poetry and shorty stories and also reviews baseball literature, both fiction and non-fiction.