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Big Jim was 6'6" and threw hard, but when he needed another pitch, he became one of the first to throw a forkball. He had extremely large hands, but the use of the pitch left his right hand deformed. Though he never had a losing season, he was cut loose three times by teams about to win a pennant. He went 14-8 for Pittsburgh in both 1935 and 1936. (JK)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » May 15, 1934: The Cubs pick up pitcher Jim Weaver (2–0), waived by the Cardinals. He'll win 11 games for Chicago this year. » June 7, 1934: Big Jim Weaver pitches a 1–0 victory for the Cubs over the Cardinals, topping Bill Hallahan. Weaver, a 25-game winner at Newark in 1933, was sold to the Browns by the Yankees, but cash-poor St. Louis returned him to Newark. The Cubs picked him up in mid-May for $12,500. » November 22, 1934: The Pirates and Cubs make a trade which brings Chicago a needed lefty in Larry French, as well as Fred Lindstrom. They send Guy Bush, Jim Weaver, and Babe Herman to Pittsburgh. » September 23, 1935: With the Cubs idle, the Pirates beat up on the Cards and rookie Ed Heusser to win 12–0. Big Jim weaver allows four hits in the shutout. » July 10, 1936: Philadelphia's Chuck Klein hits four home runs in five at bats in a 10-inning game at Forbes Field. His final home run, on the first pitch in the 10th, helps beat the Pirates 9–6, and makes a winner out of Bucky Walters. Except for his three-run homer off Jim Weaver in the 1st, all of homers are solo flights. At 36, Klein is the oldest player ever to hit four homers in a game, and the first National Leaguer in the 20th century to do so.