february december mlb pitcher pitched years cleveland_indians new_york_yankees member creek nation nicknamed attended multi sport athlete baseball coach baseball team discovered practicing throws baseball american football turned professional baseball mlb career win loss record earned run average strikeouts star world series champion seasons won belt american professional athlete year received consideration induction elected early years born february oklahoma father preacher mother member creek nation young child didn play baseball father approve playing sports sundays threatened run away home father wouldn let play football father relented attended starred american football quarterback running track field excelled throw yard dash played fast pitch father church team play sundays began dating named outstanding female athlete previously dated younger brother couple married july provided scholarship attend participate track played football team education graduated lifetime certification teach public school oklahoma coach baseball team noticed practicing throws asked throw batting practice pitchers recovered sore arms taking pitches struck batters making contact team captain playing outfielder pitcher senior year led team victory state conference baseball championship drafted new_york_giants national_football_league preferred baseball football felt earn money playing baseball opted sign minor leagues friends scout worked cleveland_indians recommended indians signed amateur free agent signing bonus current dollar terms assigned springfield indians class middle atlantic league pitched class illinois indiana played right field raiders wasn pitching roster sizes reduced seventeen result great depression indians wanted convert catcher refused change positions started season class demoted appearances increasingly wanting spend entire professional career minor leagues considered retiring season wasn promoted major_league_baseball mlb went earned run average era complete games strikeouts innings pitched earning promotion major leagues finish season mlb career cleveland indians appeared mlb game september making relief appearances indians season ace serving military world war indians hoped star indians took pre physical family football injuries enlist military wasn eligible drafted began season indians bullpen making start june indians player manager starts led american_league strikeouts hits allowed innings pitched walks allowed led walks years indians primarily starting pitcher display versatility pitched games indians starting finishing early evidence versatility demonstrated complete games saves new_york_yankees october traded new_york_yankees second baseman possible trade speculated season yankees wealth infield talent needed pitching help indians managed player manager played shortstop needed help second base cleveland wanted gordon offered yankees pitcher staff exception yankee executive discussed potential trade yankees star initially wanted replied fastball hitter buzz hard time mind promptly yankees best pitcher recording highest winning percentage season yankee joined star yankee team won consecutive league championships feat achieved played important roles teams years yankees averaged innings wins complete games averaged games started games finished season won games pitched bone chips elbow entire season remarkable season began difficult conditions floating chips elbow prevented throwing single pitch spring training resigned having surgery cost half season recommended surgery appeared game week season started july september threw hitters american_league pitcher throw hitters season second player baseball history threw consecutive hitters mlb record hitters single season record share hitter july defeat team indians solo home run run scored game retired indians faced indians reached base walked reached error shutout cleveland season threw strong game didn allow hit sixth inning doubled threw complete game allowed hits thrown hitter days earlier second hitter september defeat boston_red_sox allowed yankees clinch tie american_league pennant yankees clinched pennant second half september double struck hitters walked boston batter close getting hit outs ninth inning hit pop fly yankees catcher dropped ball prolonged bat dangerous williams remained calm telling don worry correct williams caught spring predominantly starts complete ability pitch rest use fastball late yankees afternoon games shadows mound injured july team bus way train station game philadelphia control world series final started opener home struggled injury recovered appear winning sixth final game series led seven greatest single season performance won games time career losses led american_league earned run average strikeouts saved games played mlb star games official star selection game held yankees reached world series record era innings world series relief appearances world series recording win save including games series batted bats world series appearances won professional athlete year voted player year new_york chapter finished voting valuable mvp runner suffered injury yankees charter bus crashed philadelphia season retired following season result injury nickname explained common view given nickname creek indian command pitching mound time common baseball players native american heritage called chief explains early half 20th century appeared virtually impossible baseball player admitted native origin known popularly chief teammate american_league president noted heritage popular railroad influenced baseball media use nickname young remember time crack train ran california chicago known power speed felt applied reasons brown notes comfortable nickname importance chief title explained teammates called chief talked called wasn room referred chief felt real leader honors yankees dedicated plaque honor hang yankee stadium august inducted renamed baseball stadium received jim lifetime achievement award association established presented annually oklahoma high school senior best reflects spirit maintaining highest standards scholarship leadership civic contributions character candidacy eligible election highest vote percentage short percent required election year finished ahead future hall named players began careers considered hall_of_fame induction received votes shy votes required election new ballot replaced receiving fewer votes votes required election hall_of_fame committee meets votes years candidates selected era candidate elected committee evaluating candidacy believes probably good inducted hall_of_fame added adapting bill james known win shares professor emeritus mathematics found falls short threshold induction scored lower post playing career successful oil businessman playing career began investing oil wells playing career despite retiring allowed remain member served player representative negotiations owners create pension plan later sued administrators pension plan federal court away rights retired players named president class aaa baseball league association dormant previous years served president resigned spend time family competing business interests president oklahoma death inducted died complications diabetes survived son daughter grandchildren great grandchildren
Allie Reynolds