The game of Augwas notable for two other events as well. The final score was Red Sox 15, Senators 4. Shepard made headlines not only for being in the game itself, but also for his 5⅓ innings of impressive relief, allowing only three hits and one run. It was game two of Washington's fourth consecutive doubleheader, with a fifth scheduled the next day as well. On AugShepard got the call to enter in the fourth inning of a home game in which the Senators were well behind the Boston Red Sox. Way too much available input! Still, I thought I would share this information.Įh, I'll find something else to amuse me. According to Baseball-Reference, as of today (the list is presumably changing constantly), there are over 500 pitchers and 1,000 batters on the list of "Cup of Coffee" players! Some with 0 plate appearances or innings pitched but all with exactly "1" under the "G" column.Īlas, not much material for a thread, then. According to them, "A player with a 'cup of coffee' is one who has played only one game in the majors as either a pitcher or a batter."Ī much narrower definition than what I had in mind. I was going to start a thread about "Cup of Coffee" players, seeing if people had any interesting stories about them, until I looked up the definition of the term on Baseball-Reference.
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No tears for his short pro baseball career, hopefully. He became a high school social studies and phys ed teacher, coaching football, tennis, and baseball teams. He was sent down to the minors where he lingered for three seasons before retiring. Cohen played his final major league game on June 2, 1955, at the age of 24." During his only career start in the first game of a doubleheader against the Philadelphia Phillies on May 1, he surrendered five earned runs across three innings pitched. Hy Cohen "made his MLB debut on April 17, 1955, relieving Harry Perkowski and giving up seven earned runs and striking out two over 7 innings in a 14–1 loss to the St. Wikipedia will not be complete until every human being who has ever lived has a Wikipedia article written about him or her.
" feature (yes, I would love to get a new life) and my eye was caught today by the story of Hy Cohen. I keep an eye on Wikipedia's "Did you know.