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Hard-throwing Kemmerer was 5-3 down the stretch for the Red Sox as a rookie in 1954. He was swapped to the Senators in 1957, spending three losing seasons in their rotation, and he finished as a long reliever with the Colt .45s (later the Astros). (MC)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » April 15, 1959: Red Sox rookie Jerry Casale makes his ML debut, beating the Senators, 7–3. Casale helps his cause with a 3-run homer, off Russ Kemmerer, a shot that clears Fenway's right-center field wall and lands on the street. » April 23, 1959: The Senators tally only three hits off Bob Turley, but beat the Yankee righty, 3–2, snapping his 12-game winning streak over Washington. Russ Kemmerer is the winner, despite allowing a home run to Mickey Mantle.