John Dwight Chesbro was an American professional baseball pitcher.
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34 Facts About Jack Chesbro
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Jack Chesbro was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946 by the Veterans Committee, though he had received little consideration from the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
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Some baseball historians consider the 1946 election a mistake, and believe that Jack Chesbro was elected solely on the basis of his 1904 season.
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Jack Chesbro was born John D Chesbro on June 5,1874, in Houghtonville, a village in North Adams, Massachusetts.
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In 1892, Jack Chesbro began playing for a sandlot ball team in Houghtonville.
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Jack Chesbro worked in 1894 as an attendant at the Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital in Middletown, New York in order to play for the Asylums, the team representing the mental hospital.
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Jack Chesbro began his professional career in minor league baseball in 1895.
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In 1896, Jack Chesbro pitched for the Roanoke Magicians of the Virginia League, until it disbanded.
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Jack Chesbro pitched the remainder of the 1896 season in Cooperstown, New York for the Cooperstown Athletics.
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Jack Chesbro pitched for the Richmond Bluebirds of the Atlantic League from 1897 through 1899.
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Jack Chesbro was sold by Richmond to the Pittsburgh Pirates on July 7,1899, for $1,500.
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Jack Chesbro made his Major League Baseball debut with the Pirates on July 12,1899.
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Jack Chesbro agreed to sign with a new AL franchise, the New York Highlanders, for the 1903 season, for a $1,000 bonus to join the AL.
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Jack Chesbro began throwing a spitball in the 1904 season, which he learned from Elmer Stricklett, the inventor of the spitball.
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Jack Chesbro won 14 straight games from May 14 through July 4, a New York franchise record that stood until Roger Clemens broke it in 2001.
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At third base, Jack Chesbro mistakenly thought he had received a steal sign from manager Clark Griffith, while Willie Keeler bunted for a hit.
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Jack Chesbro was removed from his starts 16 times, the most in the AL.
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Jack Chesbro announced he would work on keeping his weight down prior to the 1907 season, but announced his intentions to retire in February 1907.
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However, Jack Chesbro threatened to retire if transferred there, and did not report to the Highlanders at first.
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Jack Chesbro made nine appearances for the Highlanders in 1909, before he was waived and claimed by the Boston Red Sox in September 1909.
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Jack Chesbro returned to Massachusetts during the 1910 season, where he worked on a farm in Conway, Massachusetts, that he purchased a decade prior.
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Jack Chesbro pitched for a semi-professional baseball team in Whitinsville, Massachusetts, leading them to a championship.
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Jack Chesbro coached for Massachusetts Agricultural College in 1911 and continued to pitch for semipro clubs in Massachusetts.
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Jack Chesbro decided to travel to Hot Springs, Arkansas, where teams participated in spring training, in an attempt to find a team willing to give him a chance at a comeback.
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Jack Chesbro worked out with Brooklyn and Pittsburgh, but both teams passed on him.
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Jack Chesbro appeared in an old-timers game at Braves Field, sponsored by The Boston Post to benefit Boston Children's Hospital, on September 11,1922.
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Jack Chesbro served as a Washington Senators coach in 1924, which were managed by his former Highlanders manager, Clark Griffith.
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Jack Chesbro was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946 by the Veterans Committee, which considers individuals who are eligible for the Hall of Fame, but no longer eligible to be elected by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
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However, Jack Chesbro's induction is considered dubious, as his overall career was overshadowed by his 1904 season.
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Baseball historian Bill James considers Jack Chesbro to be undeserving of induction to the Hall of Fame.
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James claimed that Jack Chesbro was inducted into the Hall of Fame solely on the basis of his 1904 season, even though other pitchers who did not make the Hall of Fame have similar career statistics.
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