Thomas H "Toad" Ramsey was an American Major League Baseball player who pitched in the majors from 1885 to 1890.
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13 Facts About Toad Ramsey
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Toad Ramsey is sometimes credited with inventing a pitch, the knuckleball.
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Toad Ramsey was one of the top pitchers in the Association for more than two years, with statistics that put him in the top five in multiple pitching categories.
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Toad Ramsey had severed the tendon in the index finger of his pitching hand with a trowel.
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Toad Ramsey threw with a fastball motion, holding the ball with his index finger retracted, since he could not straighten it, and with just his finger tip on the ball.
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Toad Ramsey logged in a league leading 588? innings and 66 complete games in 67 starts.
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Toad Ramsey's total is the second-highest total in major league history.
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At one point, Toad Ramsey said that Hecker was jealous of his success and it would be good for the team if Hecker were released.
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Toad Ramsey had a similar 1887 season, pitching 561 innings and winning 37 games.
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Toad Ramsey returned with St Louis for the 1890 season, and pitched his last season in the majors.
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Toad Ramsey was released by St Louis on September 19,1890, and he never returned to the majors.
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Toad Ramsey died of pneumonia in his hometown of Indianapolis at the age of 41, and is interred at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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