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Herb Score
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Birthdate: 6/7/1933
Height / Weight: 6' 2" / 185 lbs.
Place of Birth: Rosedale, NY, USA
Bats / Throws: L / L

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Herb Score was hailed by the media as the left-handed Bob Feller and might have become one of the best pitchers in baseball history had not the 6 ft 2 inches, 185 pound mound star's career been ruined by a line drive to his eye off the bat of Yankees Gil McDougald.

In his first two seasons Herb Score posted a resounding 36 wins, including a 16-10 record and chosen 1955 Rookie of the Year.  In his sophomore year he won 20 games. Prior to his injury the Boston Red Sox offered Cleveland $1 million dollars (a huge sum then) for  the fastball youngster.  After his eye injury he was never the same pitcher. Upon leaving the majors he became one of the Indians TV and radio announcers.  


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
1955 CLE (AL) 33 32 16 10 0 11 2 227.1 158 85 72 18 154 1 245 12 1 0 2.85
1956 CLE (AL) 35 33 20 9 0 16 5 249.1 162 82 70 18 129 2 263 11 2 0 2.53
1957 CLE (AL) 5 5 2 1 0 3 1 36.0 18 9 8 0 26 2 39 5 1 0 2.00
1958 CLE (AL) 12 5 2 3 3 2 1 41.0 29 19 18 1 34 1 48 1 0 0 3.95
1959 CLE (AL) 30 25 9 11 0 9 1 160.2 123 93 84 28 115 0 147 14 1 1 4.71
1960 CHW (AL) 23 22 5 10 0 5 1 113.2 91 54 47 10 87 0 78 8 2 0 3.72
1961 CHW (AL) 8 5 1 2 0 1 0 24.1 22 19 18 3 24 1 14 3 0 1 6.66
1962 CHW (AL) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 3 3 1 4 0 3 1 0 0 4.50
8 years   150 127 55 46 3 47 11 858.1 609 364 320 79 573 7 837 55 7 2 3.36
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1955 CLE (AL) 33 84 5 10 1 0 0 2 3 40 0 1 0 0 8 0 .119 .149 SLG
1956 CLE (AL) 35 87 11 16 3 0 1 8 9 32 0 1 0 0 4 0 .184 .260 SLG
1957 CLE (AL) 5 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .91 .231 SLG
1958 CLE (AL) 12 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .91 .231 SLG
1959 CLE (AL) 30 52 1 5 0 0 0 1 2 22 0 0 0 0 0 1 .96 .127 SLG
1960 CHW (AL) 23 30 2 3 0 1 0 1 3 16 0 0 0 0 2 0 .100 .182 SLG
1961 CHW (AL) 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 .0 .0 SLG
1962 CHW (AL) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
8 years   150 281 21 36 4 1 1 12 21 126 0 2 0 0 15 1 .128 .188 .SLG



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