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A guard for the football Cardinals from 1921-24, the 260-lb southpaw cast the biggest shadow in baseball with Cleveland in 1925, and backed it up with a 13-8 record. In 1927 he was one of two pro footballers to surrender a homer to Babe Ruth (the other was Ernie Nevers). (LRD)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » June 11, 1927: In New York, Babe Ruth clouts two consecutive home runs (numbers 19 and 20) off Garland Buckeye, but in his next time up Ruth is set upon by Cleveland C Luke Sewell who demands that the umpires inspect the Bambino's bat. The umps find nothing illegal, but the crowd of 30,000 cheer the Babe, who strikes out. Lazzeri adds a homer and New York wins, 6–4. Burns is 3-for-3 with two doubles for the Tribe. » July 12, 1928: Baseball's biggest battery is recorded, appropriately, with the New York Giants, as Garland "Gob" Buckeye, a 260 pound pro football lineman in the off-season, makes his NL pitching debut with 250 pound Shanty Hogan behind the plate. The Giants lose to the Cardinals.