Schroll won one game for the Red Sox in 1959 and was traded to the Cubs that winter
for an over-the-hill Bobby Thomson, who played just 43 more games. Schroll pitched
two games for Chicago, then went 4-4 for the 1961
Twins.
(GB)
FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY
»April 18, 1959:
The Phils get 15 hits, including a grand slam by pinch hitter Gene Freese, to outslug the Reds, 14-9. Don Newcombe loses for the 2nd time to the Phils this year, with the win going to reliever Al Schroll. The Reds get homers from Frank Robinson, Roy McMillan and pinch hitter Jerry Lynch.
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