Ike Boone from the Chronology

Jun 30, 1930 - Brooklyn‚ in need of an OF‚ buys Ike Boone from the San Francisco Missions (PCL) where he was hitting .448 through 83 games. In 1929 Boone compiled an all-time record of 553 total bases while hitting 55 homers and batting .407. Boone wasn't even Brooklyn's first choice; the Robins preferred another PCL batting star‚ Buzz Arlett‚ but he had his eye injured in a postgame fight when umpire Chet Chadbourne slugged the Oakland OF with his mask.