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The first modern major leaguer to wear glasses, nearsighted Lee Meadows led the National League with 23 losses, winning only 12, as a sophomore for the last-place 1916 Cardinals. But he proved to be a workhorse, making a league-high 51 appearances in 1916 and averaging 241 innings a year for his first 13 seasons. He suffered another NL-high 20-loss season with St. Louis and Philadelphia in 1919. He fared better after he was traded to Pittsburgh in May 1923. He went 88-52 as a Pirate, tied teammate Ray Kremer and the Reds' Pete Donohue for the NL lead with 20 wins in 1926, and led the league in starts and complete games in 1927, going 19-10. He opened both the 1925 and 1927 World Series, losing each time. A sore arm in 1928 finished his ML career. (ME)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » April 19, 1915: St. Louis Cardinals righthander Lee Meadows makes his NL debut and becomes the first player to wear glasses regularly on the field since P Will White in 1886. Later in the season, Carmen Hill will become the 2nd pitcher to do so. » June 3, 1916: Philadelphia's Pete Alexander shuts out the Cardinals, 2–0. His shutout is saved when Dode Paskert makes a leaping catch to rob Frank Snyder of a home run. Lee Meadows is the loser. » July 7, 1916: At St. Louis, Pete Alexander shuts out the Cards for a 1–0 Phillie win, topping Lee Meadows. Dode Paskert in CF makes two leaping catches off the bat of Bob Bescher to save home runs. » May 20, 1920: The Phils hit the cellar, having fallen from first in 17 days. With the season all but over, Phils manager Gavvy Cravath will start fast-working P Lee Meadows every Saturday at home, so Cravath can get an early start to his weekend cottage. » May 7, 1922: Giants righthander Jesse Barnes walks Cy Williams in the 5th to spoil a 6–0 perfect no-hitter over the Phils. Williams is erased on a DP and Barnes faces just 27 batters in the no-hitter. Lee Meadows takes the loss. » May 23, 1923: Pittsburgh sends 2B Cotton Tierney and P Whitney Glazner to the Phils for 2B Johnny Rawlings and P Lee Meadows. Meadows will win 85 games over the next five years as Glazner's replacement in the Pittsburgh rotation. » October 7, 1925: Walter Johnson (20-7) opens the World Series in Pittsburgh. A 5th-inning home run by Pie Traynor is the only damaging blow, as Johnson fans 10 of the heavy-hitting Bucs for a 4–1 win over Lee Meadows (19-10). Sam Rice, Joe Harris, and Ossie Bluege, with two hits each, drive in the Senators' runs. » May 28, 1927: Behind Lee Meadows' 7th win without a loss, the Pirates win their 10th in a row, beating the Cardinals, 6–4. The win streak has pushed the Bucs into first place. » June 16, 1927: The Pirates Lee Meadows wins his 9th of the season to beat Boston 6–0 as red-hot Paul Waner hits in his 19th straight game, and the 12th straight game he's had two or more hits. Waner also has three RBI, the 12th straight game he has knocked in a run, and the 11th straight game he has tallied an extra base hit. His extra base streak will reach a record 14 games before it is stopped on the 20th. » June 30, 1927: Pirates SS Glenn Wright, heading home from St. Louis after a beaning in a game with the Cards, is slightly injured when the train he is riding is wrecked near Dennison, Ohio. Pitcher Lee Meadows, accompanying Wright, is also shook up.