111: Monte Pearson-MLB

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Think about this. You’re a Major League pitcher and you pitch in the World Series four times. You start four games and complete three of them. The game you didn’t complete, you pitch 8 2/3 innings. One of those four games, you pitch a 2-hit shutout and your overall ERA for those games is 1.01. You would certainly be one of the more talked about “great” pitchers each year when the post-season comes along. Well, that’s not the case for Monte Pearson. Those are his numbers and so few people can tell you much about Pearson. He was traded to the New York Yankees from the Cleveland Indians … actually, he was a “throw-in”. During his five years with the Yankees, in which he faced several injuries, he went 63-27. There were times management thought he wouldn’t be able to take the ball in the World Series, but when his spot in the rotation came up, Pearson was always ready. And his stats prove it. A terrific pitcher, Pearson was the subject of a new bio written for the SABR (Society of Baseball Research) bioproject by Dan Schoenholz, and on this episode of Sports’ Forgotten Heroes, Dan and I talk about the remarkable career of Pearson, his extraordinary World Series career, and the unfortunate incident after his playing days were over that might have affected his notoriety.

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