Information AboutErnie Shore |
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Shore's best year with the Red Sox was 1915, when he won 18, lost 8, and compiled a 1.64 Earned Run Average . He was 3-1 in World Series action in 1915 and 1916 . He missed the 1918 Red Sox World Championship season, having enlisted in the military in that War year. His most famous game occurred on June 23 , 1917 , against the Washington Senators in the first game of a doubleheader at Fenway Park . Ruth started the game, walking the first batter, Ray Morgan. As newspaper accounts of the time tell it, the short-fused Ruth then engaged in a heated argument with apparently equally short-fused home plate umpire Brick Owens . Owens tossed Ruth out of the game, and the even-more-enraged Ruth then slugged the ump a glancing blow before being taken off the field; the catcher was also ejected. Shore was recruited to pitch, and came in with very few warmup pitches. With a new pitcher and catcher, runner Morgan tried to steal but was thrown out. Shore then proceeded to retire the remaining 26 Senators without surrendering a hit, earning a 4-0 Red Sox win. The game is sometimes erroneously referred to as a " Perfect Game in relief," and some baseball historians have argued that it should count as a No-hitter . Following the game, Ruth paid a $100 fine, was suspended for 10 games, and issued a public apology for his behavior. Shore was Sheriff of Forsyth County , North Carolina for many years, and led the 1950s effort to build a Minor League Baseball park in Winston-Salem , a park that was ultimately Named For Him and still serves as the home field of the Winston-Salem Warthogs of the Carolina League . Shore graduated from Guilford College in 1913. EXTERNAL LINK |
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