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balls and strikes. A
pitcher who
throws knuckleballs is
known as a
knuckleballer. The
origins of the
knuckleball are unclear. Toad
Ramsey of the Louisville...
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about 50%
larger than the
conventional mitts used at the time, to
catch knuckleballer Hoyt
Wilhelm during a game in May 1960.
Umpire Al
Smith credited the...
- ****ey and
Boston Red Sox
pitcher Steven Wright were the only two
active knuckleballers in the Majors. ****ey
attended Montgomery Bell
Academy in Nashville...
- all-time wins list with 318
career victories; as of 2024, he is the only
knuckleballer to win 300 or more
major league games.
Niekro and his
younger brother...
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pitching staff was led by a pair of aces and a very
promising rookie.
Knuckleballer Eddie Cicotte had
become one of the AL's best
pitchers after turning...
- Mirabelli,
Kevin Cash, and
George Kottaras, for
knuckleballer Tim
Wakefield Josh Thole, for
knuckleballer R. A. ****ey Tony Cruz, for
Lance Lynn Carlos...
- the
Boston Red Sox. He
worked with Phil and Joe Niekro, two
former knuckleballers, who
encouraged him to use the
knuckleball as an out pitch. With the...
- errors.
There tends to be a
higher incidence of p****ed
balls when a
knuckleballer is pitching. The
physics that make a
knuckleball so
difficult to hit...
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While with the Red Sox, he was well-known as the
personal catcher for
knuckleballer Tim Wakefield. He was part of the Red Sox'
World Series championship...
- come-from-behind 5–4 NL victory,
culminating in Clemente's walk-off
single off
knuckleballer Hoyt Wilhelm.
Clemente started again in
right field for the
second All-Star...
