Herbert Jude Score was an American Major League Baseball player and announcer.
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21 Facts About Herb Score
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Herb Score was the American League Rookie of the Year in 1955, and an AL All-Star in 1955 and 1956.
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Herb Score was a television and radio broadcaster for the Cleveland Indians from 1964 through 1997.
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Herb Score was inducted into the Cleveland Indians Hall of Fame in 2006.
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Herb Score was sent to Indianapolis of the American Association where he made 10 pitching starts.
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Herb Score won The Sporting News Minor League Player of the Year Award and began to be referred to as "left-handed Bob Feller".
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In 1955, Herb Score came up to the major leagues as a rookie with the Cleveland Indians at the age of 21.
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Herb Score appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine on May 30,1955.
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Herb Score struck out 245 batters in 1955, a major league rookie record that stood until 1984, when it was topped by Dwight Gooden.
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On May 7,1957, during the first inning of a night game against the New York Yankees at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland, Herb Score threw a low fastball to Gil McDougald with Jim Hegan catching.
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McDougald, seeing Herb Score hit by the baseball and then lying down and injured, ran immediately to the pitching mound, instead of first base, to help Herb Score.
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McDougald reportedly vowed to retire if Herb Score permanently lost his sight in one eye as a result of the accident.
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Herb Score would tell Cleveland sportswriter Terry Pluto that, in 1958, after pitching and winning a few games and feeling better than he'd felt in a long time, he tore a tendon in his arm while pitching on a damp night against the Washington Senators and sat out the rest of the season.
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Herb Score was traded to the Chicago White Sox by Cleveland on April 18,1960 for pitcher Barry Latman.
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Herb Score was reunited on the Chicago team with some former Indians players and manager Al Lopez.
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Herb Score pitched parts of the following three seasons before retiring.
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Herb Score was revered by the Indians fans for his announcing style, including a low voice and a low-key style, as well as a habit of occasionally mispronouncing the names of players on opposing teams.
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Herb Score pulled into the path of a westbound tractor-trailer truck near New Philadelphia, Ohio, and his car was struck in the passenger side.
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Herb Score went through a difficult recovery, but managed to throw out the first pitch at the Indians' Opening Day on April 12,1999.
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