Show i roa t Dr ras l Dv J DILLy E VAI No MOST 2 MOST 2 MOST UNUSUAL BATTING BAITING RECORD I EV EVER L R SAW AIT the pitcher out if it f 1 wild 1 Make Hake him pitch Ditch That has long been a slogan in baseball 1 Therein lies the value of ofa ofa a II good lead off man In the history of baseball base base- ball only one major mayor league player has ever received six alz bases on balls bade In fn ono one game Walter Valter Wilmot the We great areal outfielder of ot theold the theold theold old Chicago o Nationals achieved that hat distinction back In n 1891 1831 No other player In either major league has ever e equaled It ft Five bases on balls In one same game stands stance i as tho the American league record it being Jointly held by flue five players Roger Pe of ot the Washington club then with the New York Yankees Yanked was the last player to turn the trick It was wa back In 1919 at Philadelphia I was umpiring umpiring um um- the plate For a batsman to work a a. pitcher for tor five lve bases on balls baUs Is le l out of the ordinary However However How How- ever the manner in which walked each time limo makes his hie feat teat stand out as ae Just a II little bit different I regard It by far the greatest I have ever seen came to bat five flue times andon and andon andon on no occasion was wan he Ile called upon to sacrifice sac or hit If It I remember correctly he was the first man up in each Inning I INot Not once JurIng that ball baU game same with the the Athletics cs did eve even so much as aa swing awing at a ball I Ho lio would step tep Into the the batters batter a box boz with ills his bat on his Ilia shoulder and sImply look them over On three occasions occasion I the count was was three balls Wed and ir two strikes l e when he walk walked the theother theother Sn other r two times up it ft t was two t and two Ll 1 u. u 1 BAll SAIt Mx q Lt cx p OAl 4 I e v o. o I ro I II i I seriously doubt If the records o of the game contain another such Instance where a player up uD five times didn't swing at a a. balland ball balland balland and walked each time Greatest rookie pitching I I ewer yv r saw sm o. o I |