Ned Graver died on Sunday:
Ned Garver, the only pitcher in American League history to win at least 20 games in a season for a ball club that lost at least 100 times, achieving the feat for the 1951 St. Louis Browns, died on Sunday in Bryan, Ohio. He was 91.
His death was confirmed by his son Don.
“The crowd didn’t dare boo us,” Garver once said of his nearly five seasons with the lowly Browns before sparse crowds at Sportsman’s Park, which they shared with the popular Cardinals. “The players had them outnumbered.”
My thoughts go out to his family and friends.
In 1951, the Browns scored 3.97 runs per game, and Garver allowed a 3.73 ERA to post that 20-12 record, so that ratio makes his record even more impressive. Garver was a great hitter that season, positing a .305/.365/.421 slash line, so the Browns offense was probably a lot better on the days he pitched.
Jack Spellman pointed to this podcast. There is a call to Ned Garver in this podcast starting at 41 minutes. Ned takes the call out of nowhere and is great.
from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/2lYgNnP
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