Submariner Emil Yde was a sensational Pirate rookie in 1924, going 16-3 to lead the
NL with an .842 winning percentage. His 17-9 record helped Pittsburgh win the 1925
pennant. He was defeated by Washington's Walter Johnson in Game Four of the World
Series, removed after allowing back-to-back homers in the third inning - an event
that seemed to signal his decline. He won only eight games the following season and
was back in the minors by 1927. Yde was a good switch-hitter (.233); used 34 times
as a pinch hitter, he even pinch hit in the 1927 WS.
(JK)
FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY
»June 25, 1924:
Pittsburgh relief hurler Emil Yde doubles in the 9th inning against Chicago to tie the game, then triples
in the 14th to win it.
»September 3, 1925:
The Cardinals score five runs in the 9th to break the first-place Pirates 9-game win streak, winning 9–3. Rogers Hornsby, the majors leading hitter at .387, has three hits including his 37th homer of the year to pace the attack. Babe Adams, who takes over for Emil Yde in the 9th, is hammered for four hits and five runs, but the loss goes to Yde. Art Reinhart is the winner.
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