victor october april nicknamed american right handed pitcher major_league_baseball played chicago_cubs pittsburgh_pirates new_york_giants known excellent pitcher playing career nickname significant actions player occurred world series completed won games disastrous inning seventh game world series retirement baseball served state senator member inducted personal life born small country town indiana attended primary school indiana short walk home attended high school indiana played baseball team graduated indiana attended indiana taught school ridge school indiana taught school indiana married indiana early career second starter career known accuracy batted threw right handed began pro career signing contract indianapolis played denver central league played indianapolis scouted chicago_cubs sold cubs august spent chicago_cubs serving bullpen played thirty games winning games losing earned run average saves played games pitching innings joining united_states_navy final year world war returning war played affiliate cubs returned cubs season played years chicago consistent performances played games respectively wins seasons respective earned run averages time son served unofficially cubs uniform donated look ejected game traded pittsburgh_pirates season october rabbit change prompted rely fastball felt needed protect home runs field smaller field reduce risk larger field pittsburgh safer use better pitch rely year won games ninth highest total national_league lost seven winning percentage fourth highest pitcher year finest moments postseason year pitched complete game victories pirates won world series won game series october game score pirates wins series money world series buy home indiana started seventh game october week pittsburgh sixth game rainy weather seventh worse game played thick soup fog wet pitching mound hoped continue success games seventh noted consistency game wild days rest kept slipping slick pitcher plate batter hit single came fly success game walked wild pitch walked wild pitch advanced count walked scoring run hit single pirates manager seen relieved total gave walks hits wild pitches resulting senators having lead inning pirates rally win game world series score time team won world series deficit worst start seventh game pitcher series history late career proved pinnacle career suffered record wins losses earned run average year better won games losing earned run average played world series losing second game series led new_york_yankees sweep pirates games gave runs innings pitched players newspaper articles syndicate wrote article pittsburgh newspaper wrote winning games expected raise instead pittsburgh owner traded new_york_giants february citing era reason raise held year time returned shape pitched poorly time refused report giants manager threatened pay point tried trade cincinnati_reds season record wins seven losses earned run average innings pitched sent refused report retired baseball instead final game august total pitched innings won games lost complete games combined earned run average said best seen described hard sharp breaking curve best baseball threw batting average respectable average pitcher twice attempted steal base succeeded times post career playing career ended attended law school served elected november democrat served time baseball career nickname died age buried indiana inducted january member granddaughter grandson accepted award behalf
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