John (Johnny) Andrew Beazley, born on May 25, 1918, was a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Braves. As a rookie in 1942, Beazley went 21–6 with a 2.13 ERA for the Cardinals. His 21 wins and 2.13 ERA ranked him second in the National League. He completed his remarkable feat by pitching two complete-game wins in the team's World Series victory over the New York Yankees in five games, allowing three runs in Game Two and two in Game Fi...
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John (Johnny) Andrew Beazley, born on May 25, 1918, was a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Braves. As a rookie in 1942, Beazley went 21–6 with a 2.13 ERA for the Cardinals. His 21 wins and 2.13 ERA ranked him second in the National League. He completed his remarkable feat by pitching two complete-game wins in the team's World Series victory over the New York Yankees in five games, allowing three runs in Game Two and two in Game Fi...
Vols Owner Fay Murray Brings Larry Gilbert to Nashville
Skip Nipper’s Nashville Baseball Podcast
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6 months ago
Vols Owner Fay Murray Brings Larry Gilbert to Nashville
In what I have often termed, “the greatest coup in the history of the Southern Association”, on November 8, 1938, Nashville club owner Fay Murray shocked baseball fans, Southern Association moguls, and everyone in between by announcing he had convinced Larry Gilbert, the New Orleans Pelicans veteran manager, to become the Nashville Vols manager, replacing Chuck Dressen. In this episode, I tell about the special bond between Murray and Gilbert, and the tragic end of the owner's life just as th...
Skip Nipper’s Nashville Baseball Podcast
John (Johnny) Andrew Beazley, born on May 25, 1918, was a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Braves. As a rookie in 1942, Beazley went 21–6 with a 2.13 ERA for the Cardinals. His 21 wins and 2.13 ERA ranked him second in the National League. He completed his remarkable feat by pitching two complete-game wins in the team's World Series victory over the New York Yankees in five games, allowing three runs in Game Two and two in Game Fi...
