Thursday, January 29, 2009

Orval Overall, greatest name ever

Here, from the Library of Congress collection, is the Cubs player with perhaps the best name in the history of baseball. Pitcher Orval Overall won 23 games for the Cubs in 1907.

The right-hander is the only man to strike out four batters in one inning in a World Series (1908). His lifetime ERA of 2.24 is the eighth best in major league baseball.

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