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George Winter
Nickname(s): Sassafras
1878-1951

RHP 1901-08 Red Sox, Tigers

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A Gettysburg College teammate of Eddie Plank, Winter was not signed by the Athletics because Connie Mack believed he was too small to pitch in the ML at 133 pounds. Winter joined the Red Sox instead, put on 20 pounds, and won 16 games for for them in 1901, the AL's first year, and another 16 in 1905. He was 9-8 for the 1903 champions but did not appear in the WS, as Boston used only its three 20-game winners Cy Young, Bill Dineen, and Long Tom Hughes, in the eight games. Instead, Winter served as a ticket taker. A Red Sox official had scalped all the reserved-seat tickets in the grandstand, affecting the players' share of the receipts. The players decided to print and sell their own tickets to the games in Boston. Winter and Jake Stahl supervised. In 1908 he was sold to the Tigers. He pitched one inning of the 1908 WS, his last ML appearance. (BC)


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FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY
» June 15, 1901: At Boston, Gettysburg College grad George Winter wins for the Somersets, 12-4 over the Tigers. The rookie will win his next six in a row.

» September 17, 1903: The Boston Pilgrims clinch the AL pennant, beating Cleveland 14-3, but their record of scoring in 17 consecutive innings is stopped in the 7th inning. George Winter coasts to a win today, helped by homers from Hobe Ferris and Jimmy Collins.

» April 30, 1904: With the score 3-1 in favor of Boston over Washington, Cy Young relieves starter George Winter with no outs in the 3rd after Winters gives up three hits in the frame. Young then tosses seven full innings of hitless ball as Boston wins, 4-1. Young has now thrown nine straight innings without a hit.

» October 10, 1904: On the final day of the season, a doubleheader split will give the leading Boston Pilgrims the AL pennant over the Highlanders. 30,000 are on hand in New York for the contests. With the score 2-2 in the top of the 9th and a man on 3B, Jack Chesbro has a spitball get away from him for a wild pitch, and Lou Criger scores Boston's winning run. Bill Dinneen then stops New York in the 9th, hurling his 37th consecutive complete game of the season for an AL mark. New York wins the 2nd game, as George Winter goes the route in a 1-0 loss to the Highlanders, but Boston triumphs by one 1/2 games. The Pilgrim pitchers achieve 148 complete games-an AL record-Both leagues set marks for total complete games: AL 1,098, NL 1,089.

» April 18, 1905: At Washington, Boston Pilgrim pitcher George Winter pitches a one hitter and loses 1-0. Jim Mullin's single is the only Nat safety.

» June 14, 1907: At Boston, the Browns knock Cy Young for three runs in the first and George Winter comes in for the last eight innings. The Sox rally for four runs to win 4-3.