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It took Hall of Fame catcher Mickey Cochrane to take Cy Perkins's job away. After six seasons (1919-24) of smooth glove work as the A's first-string receiver, the light-hitting Perkins lost out to the hard-hitting rookie. What's more, Perkins helped turn Cochrane into a defensive replica of himself, and stayed on as Cochrane's backup through 1930. Perkins became greatly valued as a Yankee, Tiger, and Phillie coach, helping develop pitchers Robin Roberts and Curt Simmons. (JK)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » May 2, 1922: With two outs, Washington's George Mogridge serves up consecutive home runs to three Philadelphia batters—Tilly Walker, Cy Perkins, and Bing Miller. It has been done twice before: June 30, 1902 and May 10, 1894. The A's win, 11–2, behind Bob Hasty. » April 14, 1925: Two future Hall of Famers make their ML debuts for the A's in the same game. Lefty Grove starts against Boston and leaves in the 4th after walking 4 and striking out nobody. He gives up 5 runs on 6 hits. In the 8th, Mickey Cochrane pinch-hits for C Cy Perkins, singles and stays in behind the plate while the A's go on to score 9 runs in the last 4 innings to win 9-8 in 10 innings. Grove, known as Groves in Baltimore, is also listed that way in the New York Times box score. Grove will become the first pitcher to lead the AL in strikeouts and walks in the same year. » June 11, 1927: After five wins in a row, the A's lose to the Tigers, 5–4. Despite Lefty Grove being lifted for a pinch hitter in the 8th, for the 9th inning the Philadelphia Athletics field a team of seven Hall of Famers. The outfield consists of Ty Cobb in right, Al Simmons in center and Zack Wheat in left. At 1B Jimmie Foxx, while at 2B. Cy Perkins started as catcher batting seventh, but when Mickey Cochrane pinch-hit for him in the last inning, seven Cooperstown-bound players were in the lineup. On May 24th of next year, the A's will again field seven HOFers and combine with the Yanks to showcase 13 Hall of Famers.