Pitching for the seventh-place 1902 Tigers, Siever led the AL with a 1.91 ERA but
went 8-11. He had broken into the majors the year before, going 18-15 with 30 complete
games in 33 starts. Sold to the Browns after the 1902 season, he went 13-14 and 10-15
with them before being let go. Reappearing with the Tigers in 1906, he helped them
to their first pennant in 1907 with an 18-11, 2.16 record, but lost Game Three of
the World Series 5-1.
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FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY
»September 15, 1901:
It could've been worse. The Detroit Tigers rolls over Cleveland behind Ed Siever with the most lopsided score in AL history: 21-0 (equaled on August 13, 1939). Cleveland pounds out 24 hits off rookie Jack Bracken as Pop Dillon leads the way with four hits. The game is mercifully called after seven 1/2 innings to allow Cleveland to catch a train. Bracken's ERA is not helped by this outing and he will end this season, his only one in the majors, with a 6.21 mark, the highest in the deadball era.
»July 25, 1907:
Red Sox manager Deacon McGuire belts a pinch-hit solo homer off Detroit's Ed Siever. At age 43, McGuire is the oldest player to ever hit a pinch homer. His first round tripper came back in 1884.
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