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The slender junkballer won a career-high 13 with Cleveland in 1918. He played centerfield for the Reds in the major leagues' last triple-header (1920). (ADS)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » July 28, 1914: The Red Sox acquire lefty Vean Gregg (9–3), a 20 game winner the past three years, from Cleveland for Adam Johnson, Fritz Coumbe, and catcher Ben Egan. » July 10, 1919: After PH Joe Harris triples with three on base to give Cleveland a 7-3 lead in the last of the eighth, reliever Elmer Myers gives up a run, then loads the bases on walks. In comes little-used lefty Fritz Coumbe. Up steps Babe Ruth who hit his second HR of the day for an 8-7 Red Sox win. Out goes Indians' manager Lee Fohl, fired for the move. In comes CF Tris Speaker to manage the Tribe. He will bring them home in second place and stay as skipper for seven years.