1926
GENE BAILEY   OF

In 1926, the Philadelphia Athletics were angling for a pennant, and wanted to get Howard Ehmke from the perennially last-place Red Sox. In June the two teams executed a triangular trade with the help of the St. Louis Browns. Fred Heimach, Slim Harriss, and the Browns’ Baby Doll Jacobson all joined the Red Sox. Ehmke found what a difference switching to the A's. The change of scenery affected Fred Heimach's ERAs. His 2.84 ERA slid all the way to 5.65. Same pitcher, but perhaps with a lower sense of self-confidence ...

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