Word: brecheen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...today's games, Ralph Branca (13-5) will go for the Dodgers at Philadelphia against Philly ace Ken Heinizelman (17-9). At Chicago, Cardinal Harry Brecheen (14-10) will oppose Bob Chipman...
...Louis victory and a Brooklyn defeat gave the Cardinals a commanding game-and-a-half National League lead yesterday. Harry Brecheen pitched and batted the Cards to a 6 to 1 victory over the Chicago Cubs, with Johnny Schmitz the losing pitcher. In Brooklyn, the Phillies tumbled the Dodgers...
...Louis (Brecheen) 7, Philadelphia...
...baseball's No. 1 cap-straightener and head-rubber at the plate, Harry is known as "Harry the Hat" (not to be confused with the Cards' "Harry the Cat" Brecheen). He thinks his hitting this year is due partly to being an everyday player, partly to some advice about his batting stance from brother Dixie (when they meet around the circuit, they usually discuss their Alabama hardware business). One of Harry's neatest tricks this year has been hitting a solid .438 in four games against Cincinnati's sensational, 16-straight Pitcher Ewell Blackwell. Says Harry...
...major-league baseball teams passed the season's one-third mark last week, the leading pitcher was neither Bob Feller, Hal Newhouser, Harry Brecheen nor Ewell Blackwell, nor any of the other established celebrities of the mound. On the figures, the best pitcher was a hooknosed, six-foot left-hander named Warren Spahn; habitat Braves Field, Gaffney Street, Boston...