Stan Coveleski

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Stan Coveleski
Stan Coveleski
Starting Pitcher
Born: July 13, 1889
Shamokin, Pennsylvania
Died: March 20, 1984 (aged 94)
South Bend, Indiana
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 10, 1912
for the Philadelphia Athletics
Final game
August 3, 1928
for the New York Yankees
Career statistics
Pitching Record     215-142
Earned run average     2.89
Strikeouts     981
Teams
Career highlights and awards
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Elected     1969
Election Method     Veteran's Committee

Stanley Anthony Coveleski (Kowalewski) (July 13, 1889, Shamokin, Pennsylvania – March 20, 1984) was a Major League Baseball player during the 1910s and 1920s. He was a starting pitcher. Coveleski was known for throwing the spitball, and he was one of the 17 pitchers allowed to continue throwing the pitch when it was outlawed in 1920.

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[edit] Baseball career

Coveleski signed his first professional contract with the minor league Lancaster Red Roses in 1909. He made his major league debut in 1912, with the Philadelphia Athletics, pitching in five games that season. In 1916 he returned to the Majors as a member of the Cleveland Indians and enjoyed a string of very successful seasons. He won over 20 games each season from 1918 until 1921 and was the star of the 1920 World Series, in which he pitched three complete game victories.

Cleveland traded Coveleski to the Washington Senators after a subpar 1924 season in which he posted a 4.04 ERA. Coveleski rebounded to post his final 20 win season the following year. He retired after the 1928 season with the Yankees.

In a 14-year career, he was 215-142, with a 2.89 ERA in 450 games, 385 of them starts. 224 of those, he completed, and 38 for shutouts. He struck out 981 in 3082 innings pitched.

In an article in 1976 in Esquire magazine, sportswriter Harry Stein published an "All Time All-Star Argument Starter," consisting of five ethnic baseball teams. Stan Coveleski was the right-handed pitcher on Stein's Polish team.

[edit] Legacy

Coveleski was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969 and on June 10, 1976 into the National Polish-American Hall of Fame. He is one of the Top 100 winning pitchers of all time. The minor league baseball stadium in South Bend, Indiana, is named in his honor.

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Cleveland Indians 1920 World Series roster
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Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1969
BBWAA Vote
Roy Campanella (79.41%) • Stan Musial (93.24%)
Veterans Committee
Stan Coveleski • Waite Hoyt
J. G. Taylor Spink Award