Spurgeon Ferdinand "Spud" Chandler was an American professional baseball player.
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16 Facts About Spud Chandler
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Spud Chandler played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed starting pitcher and played his entire career for the New York Yankees from 1937 through 1947.
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Spud Chandler was named the American League's Most Valuable Player in 1943 after anchoring the team's pitching staff with 20 wins and only 4 losses as New York won its third consecutive pennant; his 1.
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Spud Chandler grew up in Franklin County and graduated from Carnesville High School in 1928, and attended the University of Georgia.
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Spud Chandler played football as a halfback, throwing a touchdown pass to help defeat Yale in a 1929 game dedicating a new stadium.
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Spud Chandler pitched for the baseball team and competed on the track team.
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Spud Chandler was a brother of the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity and graduated with a degree in agriculture.
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Spud Chandler spent five seasons in the Yankees organization after signing with the team, his favorite since boyhood.
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Spud Chandler had one start in the World Series each year, but lost both times, as the Yankees won in 1941 and lost in 1942.
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Spud Chandler finally had a successful World Series, pitching two complete game victories, including a shutout in the final Game 5, as the Yankees defeated the St Louis Cardinals.
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Spud Chandler remains the only Yankee pitcher to win the Most Valuable Player award.
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Spud Chandler pitched for the last time in the historic 1947 World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers, pitching two relief innings in a Game 3 loss.
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Spud Chandler had 614 career strikeouts and gave up 64 home runs and in 1,485 innings pitched, allowed 1,327 hits.
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Spud Chandler was a fine fielding pitcher, committing only 10 errors in 501 total chances for a career.
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Spud Chandler was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1969 and into the Franklin County Sports Hall of Fame in 1997.
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Spud Chandler was inducted into the University of Georgia Ring of Honor in 2000.
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