Books and articles about John Stone

Stone hit .300 seven times and was so highly thought of that the Senators traded Hall of Famer Goose Goslin straight-up for him in December 1933. He was one season removed from his career year, 1932, when he hit .297 with personal highs of 17 HR, 35 doubles, 108 RBI, and 106 runs, not particularly remarkable totals at the time.

Goslin went on to help the Tigers to a pennant in 1934 while the Senators, who had won in 1933, dropped to seventh place. The only time the lefthanded-hitting Stone approached the level of his 1932 statistics again was in 1936, when he hit .341 with 15 HR, 90 RBI, and 95 runs. An illness in 1938 ended his major league career.

In his first season as a regular, 1930, Stone had a 23-game hitting streak, which he topped the following year with a 25-game string. On May 30, 1933, he hit two HR and four doubles in a doubleheader; he was the first player to have six extra-base hits in a doubleheader without extra innings. (JFC)