Ernie Nevers from the Chronology

Aug 27, 1927 - Babe Ruth has a homer‚ off reliever Ernie Nevers‚ and a triple to pace the Yankees to a 14-4 win over the Browns. Meusel and Combs also add homers.

Jul 6, 1927 - The Tigers beat Ernie Nevers‚ 9-8‚ when the Brownie starter forces home the winning run in the 8th inning. In the same frame‚ St. Louis loses its $100‚000 CF Fred Schulte when he bangs into the concrete wall fracturing his left wrist and left rib.

Jul 1, 1927 - The Browns outslug the White Sox‚ 18 hits to 16‚ and win‚ 14-12. St. Louis is led by George Sisler and Ken Williams‚ each with 4 hits‚ while Chicago gets 2 doubles and a homer from Bibb Falk. Bert Cole‚ battered for 6 hits in the Browns' 6-run 6th‚ takes the loss. Brownie starter Ernie Nevers last just 3 innings‚ but is awarded the win.

May 11, 1927 - In St. Louis‚ Ruth belts his 2nd homer in 2 days and his 8th of the year‚ off Ernie Nevers‚ as the Yanks win‚ 4-2. The ball is to the left of the CF flagpole in Sportsman's Park‚ the longest ball to date ever hit there. Martin Haley in the St. Louis Post Dispatch writes: "Homeric Herman careened the animated leather for a sky-scraping bulls eye into the distant center-field bleachers‚ the ball clattering up the icy seats at the point where the left-center and dead-center field sections conjoin."

Aug 4, 1926 - Stanford star fullback Ernie Nevers pitches his first complete game for the St. Louis Browns‚ beating the A's 3-1. Nevers will be 6-12 in his brief baseball life‚ but he will win a place in the Pro Football Hall of Fame playing with the Duluth Eskimos and Chicago Cardinals (1926-31).