spelled february june american professional baseball player played parts seasons major_league_baseball different national_league teams german mlb history known nickname sources conflict nickname derived german ethnicity belief able throw double curve following curves major league seasons compiled win loss record earned run average era threw complete games total ranks major league history pitchers threw complete games major league careers shorter year career extensive playing time compiling records world series detroit won games pitched complete games compiled record era won games early years born sources conflict born chicago germany began playing baseball boy chicago played amateur professional baseball career drew acclaim version pitch referred curve sporting life described unusual delivery follows delivering faces base foot corner lower end box bending left knee slightly draws right arm quickly left foot forward characteristic little skip bringing arm swift swing drives ball lively pace victory kansas city wrote right went box day pitched finest curves form delicious takes editor opined curved ball fiction wrote baseball enthusiasts claim able pitch ball describe arc circle horizontal plane reaching catcher lies secret pitching scientifically theory utterly absurd forces act ball pitched different operate thrown source results governed laws curves imagination ball leaves hand control moves forward impulse given leaves hand controlled force propulsion resistance atmosphere motions batter unable discover exact course ball time strike throw ball curve horizontal plane magazine responded july publishing article written accompanied reproduced explaining physics curve ball pitch outing magazine examined theory introduction curve pitching noted ignorant ball players believed capable throwing double curve deemed double curve claimed nickname based nickname given players imagine curve hands comes curves known nickname sources conflict nickname derived german ethnicity belief able throw double curve following curves listed feet inches pounds batted threw right handed professional baseball debut michigan team according account published sporting news pitched curves organization existence season started completed games threw compiling record win loss record earned run average era august team dropped disbanded manager seized opportunity sign players including known battery reported formidable man face instance striking sixteen batters major league debut detroit recreation park august faced cleveland allow earned run took note performance caused cleveland batters pound air thirty seven times strikes called great record seldom great speed outset struck men came bat maintain pace effective portion game sufficiently prevent earning run despite pitching performance detroit lost game score cleveland scored run went start complete games remaining months season posted record detroit team finished place national_league record games contention provided highlights pitching inning hitter philadelphia_phillies october reported hitter follows history remarkable games guide embrace fact detroit philadelphia game october detroit pitcher batted base feat seldom accomplished contain fact eighteen men bat struck hit ball diamond inning fly seven hit diamond total balls struck inside foul lines eighteen detroit catcher threw bennett scott fly jones threw finished season era best national_league old played league champion course season pitching detroit started completed games pitched innings compiled record era jumped record impacted playing team finished season sixth place record saw fortunes rise assembled best hitting teams national_league history featuring despite having era precisely performance won career high victories losses leading pitcher teammate led national_league wins finished second place games record winning percentage leading pitcher team won national_league pennant defeated world series compiled record era leading league winning percentage home runs allowed september group influential fans detroit contributed money purchase elegant dollar gold watch chain express admiration magnificent work club world series detroit won games pitched complete games compiled record era october pitched hitter innings game world series played spectators polo grounds new_york wrote remarkable showing including eighth inning seven men went bat clean hit scored till ninth world succeed getting hit failed score desired run compiled record era started games completed innings pitched lost role team leading pitcher compiled record era gave runs august game washington dubbed newspaper reported defeated day simply ball away bat pitched high hit delivered famous drop knocked lot curves big balloons men season progressed relations detroit manager strained game gave hits boston reported speculation intentionally thrown game episode makes weary license hits pitches game condition pitch didn try repeated performance years ago deliberately tossed balls plate permitted runs inning fined limit merits quarrel course known inclined free tongue considering fine treatment time best knows called later years career ended season march sold detroit season compiled record era led national_league home runs allowed sub par season acquired march returned good form compiling record era fifth place pitching detroit teamed catcher pair known shared german ethnicity signed boston reunited reported signing famous battery detroit champions began season boston released team july compiling record starts attempted comeback august appeared game spiders allowing runs innings concluded major league career appearing games reported playing base team career statistics major league seasons compiled record earned run average era games totaled games started threw complete games total ranks major league history pitchers major league history hall albert threw complete games careers shorter year career record complete games based customs 1880s reported managers allowed freely pull starting pitcher game era cited incident involving illustrate old practice nationals got fourth inning batted field fifth inning kept slugging said ill manager wanted nationals allow retire claiming sick play baker home club said doctor examine sick probably allow change bond happened present called examined pitcher crowd terribly doctor announced consider sick discouraged pounding received able finish game family death married died june suffering heart attack home chicago buried illinois
Charlie Getzein