Art Schallock (replaced Mickey Mantle on 1951 Yankees) is 100 today!

Art Schallock

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left  •  Throws: Left

5-9, 160lb (175cm, 72kg)

Born: April 25, 1924 (Age: 100-000d, Happy Birthday!) in Mill Valley, CA us

Debut: July 16, 1951 (Age 27-082d, 10,823rd in major league history)
   vs. DET 2.2 IP, 7 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 4 ER

Last Game: September 23, 1955 (Age 31-151d)
   vs. WSH 2.0 IP, 1 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

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Number 7 on the Yankees in 1951. Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Mantle's Major League debut on April 17, 1951...

Mickey Mantle (6): April 17 through July 13; .260 BA; sent down to Kansas City Blues...

Mickey Mantle (7): August 24 through September 30; assigned number 7 after .361 BA in 40 games in KC.

From Cliff Blau:

Per the August 21, 1951, Hartford Courant, Mantle and Hogue recalled from minors, Cerv and Wiesler sent down.

Then Mantle was called for another military physical exam, which is why he didn't play until the 24th.

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Schallock pitched 46 innings for the 1951 Yankees, his most Yankee innings through early 1955 when he went to Baltimore. 

May 11, 1955: Selected off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles from the New York Yankees.

1955 was his last MLB season. He pitched his most MLB innings: 83 (80 with Baltimore).

Yankee totals:

Innings: 90

Games: 28

Starts: 8 (6 in 1951)

Art Schallock pitched in one World Series game:

Saturday, October 3, 1953

Attendance: 36,775

Venue: Ebbets Field

Game Duration: 2:46

Day Game, on grass

Dodgers 7, Yankees 3

Schallock was the only Yankee pitcher in the 7th and 8th innings. Dodgers led 7-2 when he entered. He faced all 9 Brooklyn batters, starting with four Hall of Famers. Dodgers did not bat in the 9th inning.

Home Run Log

Last of 11 Home Runs allowed:

Monday, August 15, 1955

Rescheduled From: Aug 13, 1955 (Rain)

Attendance: 13,152

Venue: Memorial Stadium

Game Duration: 3:04

Day Game, on grass

Second game of doubleheader, see First game.

Yankees 12, Orioles 6

Schallock pitched the last 5 innings (down 8-2 when he entered): 4 Runs, 1 Earned Run, 1 HR ... You guessed it.

HR: Mickey Mantle 2 (29, 1 off Art Schallock, 6th inn, 0 on, 1 out to LF, 1 off Ray Moore, 4th inn, 2 on, 1 out to RF).

But wait ...

Mantle and Mays continue to amaze. Monday, November 12, 2012

Just when you think you know pretty much everything about childhood baseball legends you learn something new, something hidden in plain sight.

I had known for a while that in 1955 Mickey Mantle led the American League (AL) in both triples (3B) and home runs (HR).  He tied teammate Andy Carey with 11 3B and belted 37 HR.

I later noticed that cross town rival Willie Mays had done the same thing in 1955 with the New York Giants: 13 3B, 51 HR.  Mays tied Dale Long in 3B.

I thought what a coincidence: two players doing something unusual and they did it it in the same year ... playing the same defensive position ... in the same city.  Then I tried to find how many other players had done it.

Since 1903 I found two:

Jim Bottomley: led NL in 1928 with 20 3B, 31 HR.

Jim Rice: led AL in 1978 with 15 3B, 46 HR; MVP.

Only two other batters in the modern era and Mickey and Willie had those other coincidences to add to the special nature of their accomplishments.

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