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The lefthanded screwballer led the AL in relief appearances (56) and tied for the lead in saves (13) with the Senators in 1927. The next year, as a regular starter, he topped the league in ERA (2.51). A scratch golfer, he won senior titles in retirement. (JK)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » September 1, 1928: In Washington, Republican presidential candidate Herbert Hoover looks on as "approximately 99 percent of the spectators wore their straw hats, hoping the Senators would give them a chance to get excited and hurl them away" (NY Times). Alas, the Yankees win, 8–3. Waite Hoyt is the winner and beneficiary of Bob Meusel's 4-for-4 hitting. Meusel has three RBIs. Garland Braxton takes the loss. » September 3, 1928: The A's are set back as the Senators stop them twice, 6–1 and 5–4. Bump Hadley wins the opener, scattering six hits and striking out 8. Ty Cobb makes the last of his 4,191 hits, the 724th double of his career, as an A's pinch hitter in the 9th inning against Hadley. In the nitecap, Garland Braxton is the winner over George Earnshaw.