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Lou was the only survivor of his WWII infantry unit, which was wiped out in battle. However, an exploding shell shattered his left leg, causing him to wear a brace during his pitching career. The courageous 6'4" southpaw went 16-11 in 1949 for the Athletics and helped himself by batting .267. Brissie later became the National Director of the American Legion baseball program. (RM)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » April 19, 1948: Rookie LH Lou Brissie defeats the Red Sox at Fenway 4-2 in the 2nd game of a doubleheader. Wounded in W W II, Brissie, who has a metal plate in one leg and wears a shinguard as protection, is hit on the shin by a Ted Williams line drive. » July 16, 1948: Ordered by Bill Veeck to pass up the All-Star game, a well-rested Bob Feller is shelled from the mound with only one out in the first inning by the A's. The A's score first when Feller absent-mindedly goes into a windup with two on, and Coleman and McCosky pull a double steal. The Mackmen then jump on Bob Muncrief and roll to a 10–5 win over the American League-leading Indians. Lou Brissie wins his 4th straight. Joe Coleman will shut out the Tribe, 5–0, tomorrow to split the series. » July 18, 1948: Pat Seerey, chunky Sox left fielder, hits four home runs, the last in the 11th inning, to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 12–11 victory over the Athletics in Philadelphia. Seerey is the 5th ML player to accomplish the feat and is the only player in ML history to twice reach 15 or more total bases in a game, having totaled 15 bases in 1945. Fat Pat's first shot is over the LF bleacher roof off Carl Scheib, the next two —off Scheib and Bob Savage—are on the roof, and the last, off Lou Brissie, into the upper LF stands. Brissie, the 5th pitcher, is the loser against Howie Judson. The A's take the 2nd game, 6–1, in five innings as Seerey is 0-for-2. On the 24th, Seerey will become the first player to strike out seven times in a doubleheader. » August 15, 1948: Before 72,468—the largest crowd of the season at Yankee Stadium—the A's sweep a pair from the Yanks by 5–3 scores and regain second place in the American League. The A's win the opener in 10 innings after Joe DiMaggio ties the score with his 20th homer of the year. Joe D also triples home a run in the extra frame but Lou Brissie preserves the win for Carl Scheib. The A's total 20 hits in the two games, including a triple and double by Sam Chapman. New York is now in 4th place, five games back. » August 18, 1950: A's lefty Lou Brissie gives up just one Yankee hit in the last five innings, but it's a critical one. With the score 2–2 in the top of the ninth, Joe DiMaggio cracks his 22nd HR of the year to give the third place New Yorkers a 3–2 win and hand the Mackmen their sixth straight loss. » April 30, 1951: In a complex 3-way deal, the White Sox get OF/3B Minnie Minoso from the Indians and OF Paul Lehner from the Athletics. Philadelphia sends P Lou Brissie to Cleveland and gets OF Gus Zernial and Dave Philley from Chicago and P Sam Zoldak and C Ray Murray from Cleveland. Hard-luck lefty Lou Brissie is considered the plum in the proceedings. Rookie Minoso, who hit .339 at San Diego (PCL) last year is leading all Indian hitters with a .461 mark.