Before he piled up 2,812 hits, he proved he could win another way.
George Sisler is remembered for his .340 lifetime average and sweet left-handed swing, but on June 22, 1916, he stood on the mound matching zeros with Chicago’s Reb Russell, another future position player. The two traded goose eggs for six tense innings before the White Sox finally broke through in the seventh and added another in the eighth to claim a 2-0 win. It was one of 24 pitching appearances for Sisler, a reminder that one of the game’s purest hitters once carried his club with his arm as well as his bat.
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Detroit writers speculate about Sisler’s sudden mound duty
Was this a setup for a Tigers showdown?
“Sisler pitched for St. Louis and did well.”
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