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The Canadian Baseball HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM

LE MUSÉE ET TEMPLE DE LA RENOMMÉE DU BASEBALL CANADIEN

2011

Mailing address:CBHFM

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140 Queen St. - Office

386 Church St. S. - Museum

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Phone: (519) 284-1838

Toll-Free: (877) 250-BALL

Fax: (519) 284-1234

Board of Directors Chair: Mike King

President/CEO: Tom Valcke

Director of Operations: Scott Crawford

Editor: Tom Valcke, Scott Crawford, Kevin Glew

Content & Stats: Tom Valcke, Scott Crawford, Kevin Glew

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Website: www.baseballhalloffame.ca

Copyright: 2011 Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum



Table of Contents

Letter from Town of St. Marys Mayor Steve Grose 2

Message from President/CEO 5

Jack Graney Story 5

2011 Inductees & Complete List of Inductees 6,7

Thank you to Members & Sponsors 11

Map of St. Marys 12, 13

Fergie Jenkins Story 15

Kids on Deck Summer Camp 15

Canadians in the Big Leagues 17

Award Winners 19

Membership Form 23

Autograph Page 24

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It all began with a phone call from John Winston, the general manager of Tourism London on a chilly February day. He and Gerry Macartney, the CEO and general manager of London’s Chamber of Commerce, came up with the idea of a fundraiser breakfast that they wished to host in London benefitting the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame, entitled “London Salutes Canadian Baseball.”

The date was set for Friday, June 17, the morning before the 2011 Induction Ceremony for the inaugural event, one that we all hope will become an annual.

A handful of meetings later, with Winston and Macartney stirring the pot, the Hilton London was on board with a discounted ballroom and complimentary rooms for VIPs, 2011 inductees Tom Henke and Allan Simpson happily added it to an already very busy agenda over Induction Weekend, and Fergie Jenkins and Pat Gillick agreed to attend to round out the head table guests.

London Free Press sports editor David Langford put the news on the front page a couple of times, and LFP writer / baseball junkie Jim Cressman agreed to be the emcee. Michael Burgess agreed to attend and sing the national anthem as well as “Take Me Out To The Ballgame.” Joe O’Neill and the London District Baseball Association stepped up to the plate to help spread the word. Even the two mayors, St. Marys’ Steve Grose and London’s Joe Fontana, said they wouldn’t miss it for the world.

For these kind supporters and dozens of others who helped out along the way, we are extremely grateful.

And by the way, London, we wish to salute you right back for the amazing contributions you have made to Canada’s 170+ years of proud baseball heritage.

Did you know that London native George Gibson played over a thousand games in the Major Leagues with Pittsburgh and New York? The catcher known as “Moonie” shut down Ty Cobb and the Detroit Tigers in the 1911 World Series. Gibson also managed seven years in the bigs.

Hall of Famers Paul Quantrill, who pitched in more games than any other Canadian in the majors (841 appearances), and Tommy Burgess, who hammered more than 200 homers as a pro, were both Londoners.

Other Hall of Famers with London ties include Frank Colman, Ron Stead, Don McDougall, Peter Hardy, Peter Widdrington, and Oscar Judd. Oh, and there’s also a guy named Beeston! Paul Beeston not only led the Toronto Blue Jays to a pair of World Series wins in ’92 and ’93, but is currently back as the president and CEO of the ball club, and he has turned them around AGAIN!

The 1877 London Tecumsehs were the first Canadian team ever to win a professional championship. Other famous London teams include the Alerts, Cockneys, Majors, Indians, Pirates, Tigers, Werewolves and the Monarchs. In 1948, the Majors won the InterCounty League, as well as the Ontario Championship, the Canadian title, and the CAN-AM North American Championship.

Pitching for the Werewolves, Brett Grey set a professional baseball record with 25 strikeouts versus the Chillicothe Paints on June 3, 2000. The plate umpire that night? Jim Cressman!

On March 8, 2006, London’s Adam Stern, who runs the fabulous Centrefield Baseball Training Complex, single-handedly led Team Canada to arguably its greatest win in international history, when we beat the USA 8-6 in the 2006 World Baseball Classic. The former London Badger was just a double short of hitting for the cycle, including an exhilarating inside-the-park homerun, had four RBI, and made two outstanding catches in centre field.

Even baseball’s most famous mascot, Ted Giannoulos, also known as “The Chicken,” hailed from London. Name anybody besides Ted who sold out every ballpark he ever played in! The Bryce Baseball Guide that originated in London in 1876 is considered to be the first significant publication about Canadian baseball.

And how about Labatt Park, who many call Canada’s most gorgeous stadium – it is the oldest continuously operated baseball field on the planet.

So, London, we’re thrilled to have you as our neighbor to the south. It’s a natural. Thanks for the salute, and right back atcha from your friends in St. Marys at the Canadian Ball Hall.

Right back atcha London ...A message from the president & CEO

by Kevin GlewRay Chapman’s memorial plaque at Progressive Field

in Cleveland reads: “He lives in the hearts of all who knew him.”

And no big leaguer knew the ill-fated infielder better than Canadian Baseball Hall of Famer Jack Graney. The St. Thomas, Ont., native was Chapman’s road roommate, singing partner and one of his bachelor party planners.

So when Chapman became the only major leaguer to die after being hit by a pitch, on August 16, 1920, no one was more devastated than Graney.

Graney and Chapman essentially grew up together with the Indians. Though Graney was a regular in the Tribe outfield in 1910 and 1911, he enjoyed his finest seasons atop the Indians’ order from 1912 to 1920 with “Chappie” hitting in the two spot.

A jovial prankster who once rode a horse to his position in an exhibition game, Graney found his baseball soul mate in Chapman, an affable shortstop that would sing for his teammates on monotonous train treks.

“Graney was just one of those guys that was always laughing, and Chapman was also a really cheerful guy.

Maybe that’s why they hit it off so well,” said Mike Sowell, author of The Pitch That Killed, an award-winning book about Chapman’s death. “Every team usually has some kind of comedian on their roster and I think Graney served that role for the Indians. He was very well-liked, and I think he kept everyone loose.”

At 5-foot-9 and 5-foot-10 respectively, neither Graney nor Chapman represented much of a home run threat, but both were tough outs. Graney’s propensity for taking pitches earned him the nickname “Three-and-Two Jack,” and though his career batting average was just .250, he often found himself on base, leading the league in walks in 1917 and 1919. When Graney approached the batter’s box in a game against the Red Sox on July 11, 1914, he became the first hitter to face Babe Ruth. Almost two years later, on June 26, 1916, he would be the first major leaguer to bat wearing a number on his uniform.

A better hitter than Graney, Chapman was similarly patient, topping the league in walks in 1918, and his 67 sacrifice hits in 1917 still stands as a major league record.

Graney, the sixth of nine children, was raised in St. Thomas, after his parents relocated from Buffalo in

1880. He caught the eye of Cubs’ scout Bob Emslie, a St. Thomas resident, ex-big leaguer and esteemed umpire who is also in the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame, while pitching in his hometown. The Cubs signed Graney, and the diminutive Canadian would spend one season in the Cubs system, before being sold to Cleveland.

The 1920 season, his ninth as Chapman’s teammate, was a trying one for Graney. Indians player/manager Tris Speaker would frequently insert up-and-comer, Charlie Jamieson, into the lineup in place of Graney. And when the scrappy Canuck was sidelined with tonsillitis at the end of May, he returned to find Jamieson hitting .380

The story of Hall of Famer Jack Graney’s freindship with Ray Chapman

continued on page 17

Hall of Famer Jack Graney

Tom Valcke, President & CEO

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Closure for the closerHenke, Simpson and Wood to be enshrined in the Canadian Ball Hall

St. Marys, ON – Toronto Blue Jays legendary closer Tom Henke leads the 2011 class of inductees who will be enshrined on Saturday, June 18th in St. Marys, Ontario. “The Terminator” will be joined by Kelowna, British Columbia native Allan Simpson, the founder of Baseball America, the monthly publication commonly referred to as the Bible of the baseball industry, and posthumous inductee George “Dandy” Wood, born in Pownal, Prince Edward Island, who played almost 1,300 games in the major leagues back in the 1800’s, but whose Canadian citizenship was only uncovered a year ago.

Bob Elliott, an icon in baseball journalism, will be presented with the Jack Graney at the ceremony as well.

And who knows, Toronto Maple Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf and pro golfer Lori Kane might even show up! When the Hall conducted a genealogical search tracing Wood, who was born on November 9, 1858 and died April 4, 1924, in an attempt to invite a relative to represent him at the ceremony, it was discovered that Phaneuf and Kane, who are fifth cousins of each other, are third cousins three times removed from Wood. Phaneuf and Kane’s great-grandfathers were third cousins of Wood through his mother.

Tom HenkeHenke’s 217 saves rank him first all-time with

the Blue Jays, and his 311 career saves are 17th best all-time in the major leagues. He played eight seasons for Toronto, pitching in 446 games, winning 29, and compiling a 2.48 earned run average. He finished his career playing two seasons for the Texas Rangers and one with his boyhood favourite team, the St. Louis Cardinals. Henke also began his career with the Rangers, who drafted and signed him in 1980. On January 24, 1985, 26 years exactly from

the day it was announced he had been elected to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame, he was chosen by the Blue Jays as a free agent compensation pick.

An imposing figure on the mound standing 6’5” and wearing large-rimmed glasses, Henke’s best season with the Blue Jays was 1987, when he was named to the All-Star team and led the American League with 34 saves. In 1992, his final season with the Blue Jays, he chalked up a pair of saves and pitched in three of the Blue Jays four amazing one-run victories over the Atlanta Braves, bringing home the Canada’s first World Series title. Henke, who also made the All-Star team as a Cardinal in 1995, struck out an average of 9.8 hitters per nine innings over his career.

“I am really looking forward to going back to where baseball and the Blue Jays gave me the chance to excel,” said Henke from his home in Taos, Missouri.

“I’ve always considered Toronto and Canada my favourite place to play and to help to bring home Canada’s first World Series win can never be duplicated. I am truly humbled and honoured, and I can’t wait to share this great news with my family and friends in Canada and in the United States.”

Henke and his wife Kathy have four children, Linsey, Ryan, Kim and Amanda, and currently spends much of his time assisting the Special Learning Centre, a school for handicapped children, as well as volunteering with Down Syndrome charities, the Special Olympics and the Cancer Society. He is also on the board of directors with the Missouri Department of Mental Health.

AllAn SimpSonBaseball America’s motto is “Baseball news you

can’t find anywhere else.” The same can be said about its founder, as he is absolutely one-of-a-kind. A public accountant and baseball junkie, Simpson had briefly dipped his toes in baseball industry waters as general manager of the Lethbridge Expos in the rookie-level Pioneer League, and he spent three summers with the semi-pro Alaska Goldpanners, during which time he doubled as sports editor of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.

“I had the good fortune to watch Dave Winfield break in as a full-time position player in Fairbanks in 1972, and Andre Dawson make his professional debut in Lethbridge three years later,” recalled Simpson from his home in Durham, North Carolina.

When The Sporting News ignored the growth of college baseball, and reduced its baseball coverage of the minor leagues, winter and summer leagues, and the draft, the ambitious but admittedly naive Simpson decided to step in and fill the void. He had no publishing background, limited financial resources, and few active contacts in baseball. Yet he believed he could produce a bi-weekly publication covering every corner of the baseball industry while doubling up as circulation manager, advertising manager and production manager, out of his garage, in Canada no less.

The 2004 Jack Graney Award winner moved his family to White Rock, BC, and established post office boxes in Blaine and Bellingham, Washington.

“I had to do everything I could to give readers the impression this was a USA-based publication. Otherwise, it was akin to starting a hockey publication in the U.S. - it wouldn’t have worked if readers thought it was a Canadian product,” added Simpson.

“I had none of today’s sophisticated word-processing and production capabilities. My garage in White Rock was equipped with a typesetter so primitive that it had no memory. You could see the line you were typing on the screen and nothing more. If the processor ate your copy, it was gone.”

The publication originated with 1,500 subscribers and 30 years later has a base of approximately 250,000 readers.

1997-inductee Pat Gillick recalled the days when the industry’s hardest-working scouts resented Baseball America due to the in-depth information Simpson assembled.

“This recognition is overdue,” said Gillick.“Allan has always had a love and passion for baseball, and when today’s

scouts, general managers, players and fans want the close-to-the-scene information, they all turn to Baseball America.”

The Ball Hall also received outstanding endorsements of Simpson from Alex Anthopoulos, Doug Melvin, Dave Dombrowski, John Schuerholz, Terry Ryan, Gary Hughes, Greg Hamilton and Jim Callis, among many others.

“This is truly a great personal honor, certainly the greatest I have ever received,” gushed Simpson.

“In so many ways, it validates and puts into perspective everything I have done in the baseball world. It is all the more meaningful as it is all about Canada, and I have never forgotten my Canadian roots.”

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2011“Baseball was underexposed in many areas at the grassroots level of the

sport, in both Canada and the United States, when I had the good fortune to launch Baseball America 30 years ago. I take great satisfaction in the role that I have played through the years to help publicize and promote this great game. I am very grateful to the Canadian Hall of Fame for recognizing this contribution.”

Simpson and his wife Jill have three children, all Canadian-born, Jordan, Kelsey and Jeffrey. He left Baseball America after 25 years to become vice-president and director of national scouting with Perfect Game USA,the world’s largest baseball event company and scouting service. They are about to open a new complex in Cartersville, Georgia, where they will expand their staging of high school tournaments and showcases.

GeorGe “DAnDy” WooD“Dandy,” who played from 1880-92 for Worcester,

Detroit, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Cincinnati, was the eighth Canadian to reach the major leagues, and one of only three to come from PEI, along with Vern Handrahan and Henry Oxley. He was the only Canadian on the Ball Hall’s ballot who had played more than one thousand games, and becomes the second Hall of Famer to hail from PEI, joining 2002 Inductee Don McDougall.

The National League’s 1882 homerun champion also became one of only eight Canadians to manage in the major leagues (143 games with Philadelphia in 1891), and was also one of only six Canadians to umpire in

the majors (1886-98). The gifted outfielder led the National League in putouts (226) in 1883, and in assists (35) in 1890. His lifetime batting average was .273, collecting 1,467 hits, 228 doubles, a Canadian-best 132 triples, 68 homeruns and 601 RBI while stealing 113 bases.

The 2009 inductee to the PEI Sports Hall of Fame played on the first team of professionals to play in Cuba (1879-80). In his first week in the major leagues, Wood initiated the 11th triple play in history. He played left field for the winning team in the first perfect game recorded in baseball history (June 12, 1880). He was a teammate of fellow Hall-of-Famers Arthur Irwin and Tip O’Neill. Wood became the first Canadian to hit for the cycle on June 12, 1885, (O’Neill did it twice two years later). His final career homerun was hit off of Clark Griffith, father of inductee Calvin Griffith and great-uncle of inductee Sherry Robertson.

“George’s career stats are all the more remarkable in that baseballs of that era were inferior in quality and well-abused before replacement,” said Douglas MacDonald of Charlottetown, PEI, whose mother was a third cousin of Wood, and who is hopeful of attending the ceremony in St. Marys on June 18th.

”This is such wonderful news, and I’m sure that George would be very honoured to join such an elite group.”

Following Wood’s distinguished career, he eventually became a ticket-taker at the American League ballpark in Philadelphia in 1911, a messenger in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, and spent his final decade as a Marshall of the new Pennsylvania Public Service Commission. He died in Harrisburgh, PA.

1983John Ducey - USA

Phil Marchildon – Penetanguishene, ONJames (Tip) O’Neill - Woodstock, ON

Lester B. Pearson - Toronto, ONGeorge Selkirk – Huntsville, ON

Frank Shaughnessy - USA

1984Andrew Bilesky – Trail, B.C.

Charles Bronfman – Montreal, QCJack Graney – St. Thomas, ON

Claude Raymond – St. Jean, QCGoody Rosen – Toronto, ON

1985Carmen Bush – Toronto, ON

Jack Kent Cooke – Toronto, ONDick Fowler – Toronto, ONJohn Hiller – Toronto, ONRon Taylor – Toronto, ON

1986Reggie Cleveland – Swift Current, SK

Bob Emslie – Guelph, ONOscar Judd – London, ONBob Prentice – Toronto, ON

1987Russ Ford – Brandon, MB

George (Moon) Gibson – London, ONFerguson Jenkins – Chatham, ON

Glenn (Rocky) Nelson - USA

1988Beachville & Zorra Amateur

Teams-1838 - ONReno Bertoia – Windsor, ONTed Bowsfield – Vernon, B.C.Jeff Heath – Fort William, ON

Bill Phillips – St. John, NBRon Piché – Verdun, QC

1989Robert Brown - USA

Arthur Irwin – Toronto, ON

1990Jimmy Archer – Toronto, ON

1991Jackie Robinson - USA

Pete Ward – Montreal, QCJimmy Williams – Toronto, ON

1992Tom Burgess – London, ON

National Youth Team-1991 – Canada

1995Terry Puhl – Melville, SK

1996Justin Jay Clarke – Amherstburg, ONFather Ronald Cullen – Windsor, ON

Frank O’Rourke – Hamilton, ON

1997Pat Gillick - USA

John McHale - USA

1998Canadian-AAGPBL Players - Canada

George (Knotty) Lee – Toronto, ONRon Roncetti – Toronto, ON

1999Frank Colman – London, ON

Bobby Mattick - USAGeorge Sleeman – Guelph, ON

2000Jim Fanning - USA

2001Gary Carter -USA

Dave McKay – Vancouver, B.C.

2002Paul Beeston – Welland, ON

Cito Gaston - USADon McDougall – Charlottetown, PEI

Dave Shury – Wilkie, SKHarry Simmons - USA

Bill Slack – Petrolia, ON

2003Richard Belec – Montreal, QC

Joe Carter - USAKirk McCaskill – Kapuskasing, ON

Vancouver Asahi – British Columbia

2004Andre Dawson - USA

Peter Hardy – London, ONJoseph Lannin – Lac Beauport, QC

Jim McKean – Montreal, QC

2005Steve Rogers - USA

Charles (Pop) Smith – Digby, NSDave Stieb - USA

Harold (Doc) Younker - USA

2006Ron Hayter – Regina, SKTommy Lasorda - USA

John McLean – Fredericton, NBRon Stead – London, ON

2007George (Sparky) Anderson - USA

John Haar – Vancouver, B.C.Sherrard Robertson – Montreal, QC

2008Tony Fernandez – D.R.

Billy Harris – Duguayville, NBGladwyn Scott -Hamiota, MB

Peter Widdrington – Toronto, ON

2009Roy “Doc” Miller – Chatham, ONBernie Soulliere – Windsor, ON

Larry Walker – Maple Ridge, B.C.Ernie Whitt – USA

2010Roberto Alomar – P.R.

Calvin Griffith – Montreal, QCPaul Quantrill – London, ONAllan Roth – Montreal, QC

2011Tom Henke – USA

Allan Simpson – Kelowna, B.C.George Wood – Pownal, PEI

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2011Fergie Jenkins grew up in Chatham, Ontario, where

he excelled in baseball, basketball, and hockey. After graduating from high school in the early ’60s, he signed with the Philadelphia Phillies, but it wasn’t until he was acquired by the Chicago Cubs in 1966 that he was converted into a starting pitcher.

In his first season as a full-time starter, the 24-year-old Jenkins recorded 20 wins and was selected to the 1967 all-star game. The 6-foot-5 hurler proceeded to strike out six of the best sluggers in modern American League history in Harmon Killebrew, Tony Conigliaro, Mickey Mantle, Jim Fregosi, Rod Carew and Tony Oliva. Jenkins’ six strikeouts in an all-star game matched the big league mark also held by Carl Hubbell, Johnny Vander Meer and Larry Jansen.

The durable hurler followed that up by leading the National League with 40 starts and a 20-15 record in 1968. Of his 15 defeats that season, five were 1-0 losses. A consistent strikeout artist, Jenkins topped the National League in strikeouts in 1969 (273) and set a Cubs’ record with 274 strikeouts in 1970.

Those two seasons were part of a remarkable string of six consecutive 20-win seasons (1967 to 1972) for the Canuck superstar. His 1971 campaign ranks as his most impressive. That season, he led the National League with 24 wins, 30 complete games and 325 innings pitched and became the first Cub to win the Cy Young Award.

After he was dealt to the Texas Rangers following the 1973 season, Jenkins recorded 29 complete games, 245 strikeouts, a 2.77 ERA and became the Rangers’ first 20-game winner in 1974. His 25 wins that season tied him with Catfish Hunter for the league lead.

With his success in the Lone Star state, Jenkins became just the sixth pitcher in history to win more than 100 games in both leagues. In December 1981, he signed with the Cubs where he finished his career as the franchise leader in strikeouts with 2,038. He retired with 284 career wins and as the only pitcher in history to record more than 3,000 strikeouts (3,192), while allowing fewer than 1,000 walks (997). Greg Maddux and Curt Schilling have since joined that elite group

Jenkins was enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., on July 21, 1991, becoming the only Canadian to be so honoured. After coaching minor-league pitchers for the Texas Rangers and Cincinnati Reds, Jenkins was named the Chicago Cubs’ pitching coach for the 1995 and 1996 seasons. It was exactly 28 years after his six-strikeout performance in the 1967 all-star game that Jenkins was the National League’s honorary coach at the 1995 all-star game in Arlington. On May 3, 2009, his No. 31 was retired by the Cubs.

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and now the Tribe’s starting left fielder. Graney was relegated to a bench role for the bulk of the season.

“Graney was really in the twilight of his career,” noted Sowell.On the flip side, Chapman, a Beaver Dam, Ky. native, was

enjoying his finest major league season. The happy-go-lucky shortstop was batting .303 and was on pace to set a career high in RBIs. On a personal level, Chapman had married Kathleen Daly the year before and had never seemed happier. He was even contemplating retiring after the season to spend more time with his wife.

Sowell’s meticulously researched book recounts how, on the way to the train station prior to the Indians’ mid-August series in New York, Chapman and his wife had brought Graney by the house that was being built for them. Once inside, Graney reportedly asked Chapman, “What are you going to do with all these rooms?” To which Chapman responded, “Fill them up.” The Tribe infielder had recently confided to Graney that his wife was pregnant with their first child.

The visit was brief because the duo had to catch a train to the Big Apple to play the Yankees, the team they were battling for first place. The Indians had never won a pennant, so their success had captivated Clevelanders. An estimated 20,000 fans greeted the Indians at the train station. As the other players boarded the train, “Chappie” reportedly lingered behind, embracing his wife and giving her a long kiss before running to catch the train just before it departed.

Carl Mays, the abrasive ace of the Yankees, was a renowned spitballer in an era when such antics were tolerated. In five seasons during his career, he ranked in the top 10 in the American League in hit batsmen. His reputation for throwing at batters was well-known. To complicate matters, the 5-foot-11 right-hander also employed a sidearm delivery that made it difficult for hitters to see the ball when he threw it.

When Chapman came to the plate in the fifth inning of the first game of the series on August 16, he had already attempted two bunts that day. Sensing that the Indians infielder was going to lay another one down, Mays fired a high and tight pitch. No one will ever know why – perhaps the ball was too dirty or the shadows at the Polo Grounds hampered Chapman’s line of vision – but the Tribe shortstop made no effort to move out of the ball’s path. With a sickening thud, the sphere smashed Chapman directly in the left temple and the Tribe shortstop slowly crumbled to the ground.

“They didn’t wear any protective headgear,” noted Sowell. ”I think most people think that with submarine pitchers like Mays that they don’t throw as hard, but from all accounts, Mays still threw the ball really hard.”

Because the impact had made such a loud noise, Mays thought the ball had hit the bat and rolled to the pitcher’s mound. He picked it up and tossed it to first baseman Wally Pipp. Some reports indicate that Mays argued with the umpire and insisted that Chapman was faking his injury.

While blood poured from Chapman’s left ear, Graney charged from the dugout to his fallen friend’s side. Though he couldn’t speak, Chapman eventually got to his feet and walked across the infield towards the Indians clubhouse beyond the center field fence. En route, Chapman reportedly dropped to his knees around second base and Graney and another player assisted him the rest of the way.

Chapman babbled incoherently as he lay on the trainer’s table. According to Sowell’s book, Graney asked someone to bring him a pencil and paper, so Chapman could communicate by writing, but it was no use. “Chappie” was too weak to grip a pencil. When he began to mumble again, Sowell reports that Indians trainer Percy Smallwood was able to decipher that Chapman was asking for his wedding ring.

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John Hiller 1973 6 4 Joey Votto 2010Fergie Jenkins 1974 75 2 Bolded means starter. * means rookieBolded means starter. * means rookieBolded means starter. * means rookieJohn Hiller 1974 1 7Fergie Jenkins 1978 2 6Eric Gagne 2002 8 4Eric Gagne 2003 146 1Eric Gagne 2004 3 7Jeff Francis 2007 1 9Erik Bedard 2007 1 5Ryan Dempster 2008 4 5Bold means wonBold means won









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Shortly thereafter, Chapman was rushed to the hospital where they operated to release the pressure from his brain. His skull was fractured, but doctors spoke optimistically at first. Unfortunately, his condition worsened in the wee hours of the morning and he died at 4:40 a.m. on August 17.

When word reached the players, Graney wept openly in his room, and later lashed out at Mays. His teammates joined him in condemning the Yankees ace.

Sowell’s book describes how when Graney went to the hospital to see Chapman’s body, he sobbed uncontrollably and had to be forcibly removed from the room. Two days later, when Chapman’s body was resting at his in-law’s house prior to the funeral, Graney reportedly fainted as he filed by the casket to pay his respects. The pain of seeing his best friend’s lifeless body was too much to bear. In fact, Graney was so grief-stricken that he didn’t attend the funeral. Retired Tribe legend, Nap Lajoie, reportedly drove him out to the countryside to calm his emotions.

Speaker, the best man at Chapman’s wedding, was also disconsolate. Reports indicate that grief and exhaustion had left him bedridden and also unable to attend the funeral.

But Sowell’s book recounts another potential explanation for the absence of Chapman’s two closest teammates. It has been rumored that Graney and Indians catcher Steve O’Neill, both devout Catholics fought with Speaker, a dedicated Protestant, over Chapman’s funeral arrangements. Chapman’s Catholic wife, Kathleen, insisted that Chapman, raised as a Protestant, was about to convert to Catholicism prior to his death and she wanted a Catholic funeral for her husband. Chapman’s Protestant parents knew nothing about their son’s plans to convert.

The story has it that the debate grew so heated on the morning of the funeral that punches were exchanged between Speaker and Graney and O’Neill, and that the injuries sustained as a result of this punch-up were the real reason Graney and Speaker didn’t attend the funeral. O’Neill was present at the funeral, but it’s probably not a coincidence that he was out of the Tribe’s lineup for a few days following the funeral with a bruised hand.

“At that time, it was a very important issue whether you were buried in the Catholic church or the Protestant church,” explained Sowell. “I think they just had such strong feelings about that, and because they were so close to Chapman, that only intensified those feelings and I think that’s what led to the fight.”

Having experienced unparalleled tragedy, the Indians struggled immediately after Chapman’s death and no one would’ve have blamed them if they spiraled out of contention. But wearing black armbands to honour their fallen teammate, they rallied together and called up a talented young shortstop named Joe Sewell. They would proceed to defeat the powerhouse Yankees to win their first American League pennant and then down Brooklyn to capture their first championship.

For his part, Graney returned to a bench role with the club, eventually setting aside his differences with Speaker. The St. Thomas native batted just three times in the World Series, but later would call his Fall Classic experience the highlight of his career.

Graney hung up his spikes after the 1922 season. In his post-baseball life, he operated a successful Ford dealership in Cleveland, before moving into an investments business. Like many, however, he lost everything during the 1929 stock market crash. Fortunately, starting with the 1932 season, he was hired as the radio voice of the Cleveland Indians, becoming the first ex-player to graduate to the broadcast booth. The popular Canadian continued calling games until 1953, when he opted to retire to Missouri.

The St. Thomas native passed away in 1978 at the age of 91. He was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame posthumously in 1984 and today, the Hall presents the Jack Graney Award to a member of the Canadian media that has made significant contributions to baseball during their lifetime.

Sowell reports that Graney never forgave Mays for the pitch that killed his best friend. In a 1962 interview with writer Regis McAuley, Graney was quoted as saying, “People ask me today if I still feel that Mays threw at ‘Chappie.’ My answer has always been the same – yes definitely!”

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