detroitlib: On this day in baseball history, August 16, 1920 – Ray Chapman of the Cleveland In
detroitlib: On this day in baseball history, August 16, 1920 – Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. (Wikipedia) 1. View of Ray Chapman, baseball player for the Cleveland Indians, swinging a baseball bat. Handwritten on back: “Ray Chapman, Cleveland.” 2. Portrait of Carl Mays, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. Stamped on back: “Charles M. Conlon, Evening Telegram, New York.” Handwritten on back: “Mays, Carl, Red Sox, 1915.” Courtesy of the Ernie Harwell Sports Collection, Detroit Public Library -- source link
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