Al Schroll

Schroll signed with the Red Sox in 1951 and spent seven full years in minor league baseball before getting an opportunity to pitch for Boston. He debuted in April 1958 with five relief appearances, but spent the bulk of the year at Triple-A Minneapolis. Traded "conditionally" to the Philadelphia Phillies in October, he worked in three April 1959 games out of the bullpen, earning his first big-league win with a seven-inning relief effort to defeat the Cincinnati Reds on April 18. But six days later, Schroll was tagged with his first MLB defeat when he allowed three ninth-inning runs to the Pittsburgh Pirates, wiping out a 5–4 Phillie lead. He was returned to the Red Sox on May 7, and split the rest of the year between Minneapolis and Boston. On July 29, he threw his first complete game in the majors, holding the Cleveland Indians to six hits in a 4–1 triumph. It was his only win in a Red…