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Using a fastball, slider, and knuckleball, Sturdivant won 16 games for the Yankees in both 1956 and 1957. In the 1956 WS, won by New York, he six-hit the Dodgers in Game Four to pull the Yankees even at two games each. After a sore arm in 1958, he worked as a journeyman with several clubs. On May 31, 1964, his final ML season, he was one of four Met relievers who held the Giants scoreless through 19-2/3 innings before New York finally lost in the 23rd. (GDW)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » October 7, 1956: In Game 4, the Yanks even the WS at 2 apiece with a 6-2 win in Yankee Stadium. Righty Tom Sturdivant holds Brooklyn to 6 hits. » May 26, 1959: In a trade that benefits the Yankees, New York send pitchers Tom Sturdivant and Johnny Kucks, SS Jerry Lumpe and that player to be named later to Kansas City. The Yankees get P Ralph Terry, who has been ripening on the vine, and Hector Lopez. Terry will win 73 games for NY and pitch in five straight World Series.