Pud Galvin
Pud Galvin
James Francis "Pud" Galvinwas an American Major League Baseball pitcher in the 19th century. He was MLB's first 300-game winner and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1965...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth25 December 1856
CitySt. Louis, MO
CountryUnited States of America
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From the time I went into baseball, I have always been handicapped by my hands, which are too small. I never saw the day yet when I was able to span an ordinary baseball.
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My fingers are too short to enable me to get grip enough on the ball to pitch a deep curve, so that I have been compelled to depend more on drops, straight balls and the different artifices known to pitchers to deceive the batter.