Of all the performances of the pitchers in times of pressure in baseball history, none compare with Addie Joss she held on October 2, 1908.
Only one week left in the season, three teams in the American League, the Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox and the Cleveland Indians (then called Naps by second baseman Nap Lajoie) they were separated by one-half game. Each party was crucial. Around 11,000 fans entered the League of Cleveland Park waiting for a match well launched by Joss, who sought its twenty-fourth victory. But his opponent, "Big Ed" Walsh White Sox, was almost untouchable. Walsh, master ensalivada ball, eventually won 40 games that season and threw 464 innings. The first two episodes passed without incident. At the bottom of the third, Joe Birmingham simple shot of Cleveland, one of only four hits allowed Walsh throughout the day. Birmingham Moments later stole second and when the shot hit him on the shoulder and walked, ran third. Walsh looked to third and threw a pitch that broke more than usual. Birmingham scored on a wild pitch. The unearned run was the only Cleveland scored all day to the extent that Walsh foiled all hitters with his ensalivada Nap ball, striking out 15 of them. When the advanced tickets, fans finally realized that Joss had not only held the White Sox scoreless, but not a single player from Chicago had reached base. Lajoie second baseman made some good plays on slow shot. In the seventh, Jones, outfielder Chicago, reached the count of 3 and 2. Then the next pitch he threw his bat and was walking toward first, only to hear the referee Tom Connolly thunder, "Strike three!" In the eighth, Pat Dougherty White Sox, fired the first homer against Joss strong that day, but Lajoie gracefully slid off the ball and threw to first to get it out. Chicago sent the dish three emerging online batters in the ninth inning. The first shot a harmless homer by Lajoie grounds. The second he struck. The crowd fell silent. According to a reporter, "a mouse walking through the floor of the stands would have sounded like a shovel tearing the concrete" The mighty John Anderson came to bat for the White Sox. At first launch he fired a foul line by the left. The second sent him violently to the third, where Bill Bradley had no opportunity to field all day. Bradley knocked the ball and hurried to pull. Fortunately for Joss, Anderson was a slow runner, and Bradley throw dust was raised by first baseman George Stovall just in time to make out. Amid fierce competition pennant against one of the best pitchers who recorded his greatest season, Joss was pitching a perfect game. It will not yield the pennant to Cleveland, which ended a half-game behind Detroit, but that does not demerit anything Joss effort.
Only one week left in the season, three teams in the American League, the Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox and the Cleveland Indians (then called Naps by second baseman Nap Lajoie) they were separated by one-half game. Each party was crucial. Around 11,000 fans entered the League of Cleveland Park waiting for a match well launched by Joss, who sought its twenty-fourth victory. But his opponent, "Big Ed" Walsh White Sox, was almost untouchable. Walsh, master ensalivada ball, eventually won 40 games that season and threw 464 innings. The first two episodes passed without incident. At the bottom of the third, Joe Birmingham simple shot of Cleveland, one of only four hits allowed Walsh throughout the day. Birmingham Moments later stole second and when the shot hit him on the shoulder and walked, ran third. Walsh looked to third and threw a pitch that broke more than usual. Birmingham scored on a wild pitch. The unearned run was the only Cleveland scored all day to the extent that Walsh foiled all hitters with his ensalivada Nap ball, striking out 15 of them. When the advanced tickets, fans finally realized that Joss had not only held the White Sox scoreless, but not a single player from Chicago had reached base. Lajoie second baseman made some good plays on slow shot. In the seventh, Jones, outfielder Chicago, reached the count of 3 and 2. Then the next pitch he threw his bat and was walking toward first, only to hear the referee Tom Connolly thunder, "Strike three!" In the eighth, Pat Dougherty White Sox, fired the first homer against Joss strong that day, but Lajoie gracefully slid off the ball and threw to first to get it out. Chicago sent the dish three emerging online batters in the ninth inning. The first shot a harmless homer by Lajoie grounds. The second he struck. The crowd fell silent. According to a reporter, "a mouse walking through the floor of the stands would have sounded like a shovel tearing the concrete" The mighty John Anderson came to bat for the White Sox. At first launch he fired a foul line by the left. The second sent him violently to the third, where Bill Bradley had no opportunity to field all day. Bradley knocked the ball and hurried to pull. Fortunately for Joss, Anderson was a slow runner, and Bradley throw dust was raised by first baseman George Stovall just in time to make out. Amid fierce competition pennant against one of the best pitchers who recorded his greatest season, Joss was pitching a perfect game. It will not yield the pennant to Cleveland, which ended a half-game behind Detroit, but that does not demerit anything Joss effort.
In 1955 Arthur Daley of The New York Times called it "the most outstanding work that has been done in baseball in times of pressure." Certainly, that was the supreme moment of effulgent, but tragically short career. Adrian Joss was born in Woodland, Wisconsin, in 1880. He threw semiprofessional ball as a teenager and later pitched for the University of Wisconsin. He was playing for the semi-pro team Sheboygan when he was discovered and signed by the Toledo team Inter-State League in 1900. He had 19 and 16 in its first year and 25 and 15 in 1901 to draw the attention of several teams of major league, including Cleveland. The owner of Toledo tried to coax him into signing for a third year, when Joss discovered the subterfuge, he immediately signed with Cleveland. Tall and skinny, with 6 feet, 3 inches and 185 pounds, Joss threw a motion pinwheel that earned him the nickname "human Stinger". He had a good fastball and curve fast break with exceptional control. During his career he averaged 1.43 transfers per game, third best percentage in major league history.
The April 26, 1902, Joss made a memorable debut with Cleveland. Pulling against the St. Louis Browns, Joss had a game a hit, a debatable line shot by Jesse Burkett, and won 3 to 0. Cleveland center fielder claimed he had caught the line triggered by Burkett to 3 inches off the ground, and most of his teammates agreed. The referee Bill Carruthers, with the only vote that counted, described the catch as false. Joss won 17 games, including the leadership of the league with five shutouts in his rookie year, and then followed with 18 wins in 1903. It fell to 14 wins in 1904 but led the American League with a 1.59 earned run average allowed. From 1905-1908, their numbers were 20 and 12 with an ERA of 2.01; 21 and 9 with an ERA of 1.72; 27 and 11 with a PER of 1.83, and 24 and 11 effectiveness of 1.16. Its effectiveness, 1908 gave the leadership of the league, as his 27 victories in 1907, when he won 10 consecutive games. During the off-season, Joss was sportswriter Toledo News-Bee.
Another newspaper of Toledo, the Blade, then said of him: "Baseball was a profession, stricter than any other to take their vocation seriously he was, in turn, being taken seriously by people who recognized him. A much smarter man than usual and one that would have given luster to any profession where you have decided to embark. "
Often, Joss was hurt or injured. In 1903 he lost the final month of the season with a high fever. He suffered from malaria in 1904. Then in 1905 he remained without playing because of back problems. In 1909 his last winning record dropped to 14 and 13 and strikeout total to only half of the previous season. However, his 1.71 ERA certainly did not indicate any loss of skill. Joss began the 1910 season with four straight wins.
On April 20, he threw his second no-hitter against the White Sox, but it was a questionable decision. Early in the match, Freddy Parent Chicago shot a slow grounder to third that Bill Bradley was. Most chroniclers who viewed him as party scored hit, but when accumulated hitless innings began to reconsider its initial decision. Some of them sought the official scorer, only to discover that the White Sox owner Charles Comiskey, who saved in small things, had not bothered to hire one. That it left the decision up to the chroniclers. They spoke with Bradley, who said he should catch. When Joss walked all the way without allowing any freedom, the writers decided to change the Parent hit by a mistake to give Joss Bradley and his second no-hitter.
Another newspaper of Toledo, the Blade, then said of him: "Baseball was a profession, stricter than any other to take their vocation seriously he was, in turn, being taken seriously by people who recognized him. A much smarter man than usual and one that would have given luster to any profession where you have decided to embark. "
Often, Joss was hurt or injured. In 1903 he lost the final month of the season with a high fever. He suffered from malaria in 1904. Then in 1905 he remained without playing because of back problems. In 1909 his last winning record dropped to 14 and 13 and strikeout total to only half of the previous season. However, his 1.71 ERA certainly did not indicate any loss of skill. Joss began the 1910 season with four straight wins.
On April 20, he threw his second no-hitter against the White Sox, but it was a questionable decision. Early in the match, Freddy Parent Chicago shot a slow grounder to third that Bill Bradley was. Most chroniclers who viewed him as party scored hit, but when accumulated hitless innings began to reconsider its initial decision. Some of them sought the official scorer, only to discover that the White Sox owner Charles Comiskey, who saved in small things, had not bothered to hire one. That it left the decision up to the chroniclers. They spoke with Bradley, who said he should catch. When Joss walked all the way without allowing any freedom, the writers decided to change the Parent hit by a mistake to give Joss Bradley and his second no-hitter.
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