august june american professional baseball pitcher pitched major_league_baseball chicago_white_sox including time minor league baseball pitched professionally considered pioneers learned pitch playing minor leagues later taught elected career attended played college baseball santa baseball team began professional career minor league baseball pitched blues joining later year pitched class western association class western league despite pitching win loss record kansas_city released split season pitching record pitched swamp angels sacramento senators compiling record pitched finishing season record pitching sacramento mastered pitched los_angeles going chicago_white_sox american_league invited spring training taught pitching game allowing earned runs seven received release pitched milwaukee brewers class remainder season pitched record innings pitched purchased rights august allowed remain milwaukee national_league chose milwaukee season rule draft debuted season pitching record earned run average era losses ninth league pitchers allowed home runs season went era ninth losses season appeared games tied fifth complete games tied tenth allowed earned runs sixth league pitched opening day game lost year record era complete games eighth best tied tenth mlb seasons went era season returned pitch sacramento refused report brooklyn wife wanted remain closer california home recognized organized baseball time banned mlb years applied upheld continued pitch pitching record record season retired baseball applied granted fined current dollar terms playing outside organized baseball previous years sold rights pitched team minor league baseball won games season times compiling record seasons denied claimed pitcher master feature exclusively achieve pitch ball spot size fingers pitch act exactly way reverse english ball learned minor league teammate george learned played important role taught saw use pitch pitching minor league baseball experimented pitch minor leagues showed master taught later life retired california grew ranch died california age
Elmer Stricklett