The University of Texas southpaw was a versatile athlete, undefeated in three years
of varsity pitching and an All-Conference tackle in football. He succeeded the banished
Joe Jackson in left field at Comiskey Park, and gave the Sox nine strong seasons,
averaging .315 and three times topping 90 RBI. Traded to Cleveland for catcher Chick
Autry in 1929, he had three more .300-plus seasons, the last two as the AL's most
productive pinch hitter.
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From 1940 to 1967 (except for three years as an Air Force
sergeant during WWII), he was the aggressive, witty, sharp-tongued baseball coach
at his alma mater. His 468-176 record earned 20 Southwest Conference titles and two
national championships.
His younger brother Chet pitched for the Browns.
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FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY
»May 26, 1922:
In Chicago, Sox OF Bibb Falk singles with one out in the 8th to break Urban Shocker's bid for a perfect game. Ray Schalk's double ties the game, and the Sox score an unearned run in the 10th to win, 2–1. Red Faber is the winner over the Browns Urban Shocker. The Sox win the 2nd game, 3–2, scoring the winner again on an unearned run.
»February 28, 1929: The White Sox send vet outfielder Bibb Falk to the Indians in exchange for catcher Martin Autry. Falk will hit over .300 in each of his three years with Cleveland.
»May 11, 1930: In a display of offensive symmetry, Indian OF Bibb Falk collects five hits, five RBI, and scores five runs in the first five innings as the Tribe scalps the Athletics, 25–7. Cleveland collects 27 hits, but no homers, and scores in every inning but the 8th.
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