Word: pitcherful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...best team in the Boston area, the varsity placed pitcher Andy Ward, third baseman Don Butters, and right fielder Matt Botsford on the 15-man College All-Star team...
Ward was chosen as the league's top pitcher on the basis of his overall record, although he possessed only a 1-0 league record. Botsford led the league in batting with a 417 average, while Butters hit 270 in league play and showed power by smashing three home runs during the entire season...
Legal Headache. When the Dodgers took the field, Pitcher Don Newcombe, just a little bigger than life (6 ft. 4 in., 225 Ibs.), shambled to the mound. The week before, Don had decided that he was just too good to pitch batting practice. Smokey, who had handled Newcombe before, in Nashua, N.H., in Class "B" ball, had quietly told him to clean out his locker and go away. Now, threatened with a fine and properly penitent, Big Don whizzed through a one-hit game. He blew down the absolute minimum of 27 batters as the Dodgers...
...Performing for a skimpy crowd of 2,918 ball fans, Big Sam Jones, toothpick-chomping speedball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, turned in the first National League no-hit game that Chicago has seen in 40 years. Walking seven and striking out six (three in the ninth inning), Sam cut down the Pittsburgh Pirates...
...Rossano, the number two Crimson pitcher, was the whole show against the last place Big Red. Besides hurling a seven-hitter, and never really being in trouble, he was also the batting star, with two doubles and a single...