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Raymond Johnson Chapman (January 15, 1891 – August 17, 1920) was an American baseball player. He spent his entire career as a shortstop for the Cleveland Indians.. Chapman was hit in the head by a pitch thrown by pitcher Carl Mays and died 12 hours later.
Repeated studies have shown that contemporary Major League Baseball players have a greater life expectancy than males in the general U.S. population — about five years more, on average, which is attributed to their superior fitness and healthy lifestyles. The longer the active career, the longer the player lives, on average.
Carl William Mays (November 12, 1891 – April 4, 1971) was an American baseball pitcher who played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball from 1915 to 1929. [1] During his career, he won over 200 games, 27 in 1921 alone, and was a member of four World Series-champion teams.
The Pitch That Killed: Carl Mays, Ray Chapman and the Pennant Race of 1920 is a non-fiction baseball book written by Mike Sowell and published in 1989. The book concentrates on the 1920 major league season, especially the events surrounding Ray Chapman's death from a pitch thrown by Carl Mays.
Semerano was invited by the Yankees to pitch in exhibition games against the Japanese national team in 2018, with his fastball reaching 95 or 96 mph as he approached age 37.
Reed Rohlman, a former Clemson baseball All-American, died Wednesday after auto accident in Florida. Clemson baseball All-American Reed Rohlman's death at 29 'devastating to a lot of people' Skip ...
Former MLB infielder and coach Mike Brumley was killed in a multi-vehicle crash near Edwards, Mississippi, on Saturday, according to multiple reports. He was 61.
Being hit by a pitch is often caused by a batter standing too close to, or "crowding", home plate. Below is the list of the top 100 Major League Baseball players who have been hit by a pitch in their MLB careers. Hughie Jennings holds the Major League record for most hit by pitches, getting hit 287 times in his career.