Marshall Bridges Biography
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- Born June 2, 1931
A strong left-handed pitcher blessed with an excellent fastball, Bridges was listed as 6Β feet 1Β inch (1.85Β m) tall and 165 pounds (75Β kg). After bouncing around the minor leagues for six seasons, he broke into the majors with St. Louis in the mid-season of 1959, posting a 6β3 won-lost record and a 4.26 earned run average, striking out 76 hitters in 76 innings. Used almost exclusively as a relief pitcher throughout his seven-season career, Bridges\' best season came in 1962 while a member of the Yankees, anchoring the world champions\' relief staff while recording a team-leading 18 saves to go with an 8β4 record and a 3.14 earned run average. However, that same season he also became the first American League pitcher to give up a World Series grand slam home run when Chuck Hiller of the San Francisco Giants got hold of one in Game 4.\n', '
One of the era\'s most colorful characters, Bridges was nicknamed "Sheriff" and "Fox." He was known as a teller of tall tales and an instigator or victim of elaborate practical jokes. During 1963 spring training in a Fort Lauderdale, Florida, bar, a disagreement between Bridges and a female patron resulted in her shooting him in the leg. The resulting negative publicity annoyed the image-conscious Yankee brass and may have been a major factor in them selling his contract to last-place Washington on November 30, 1963. His recovery from the gunshot wound was apparently complete, but Bridges never regained the dominance that he had shown in 1962.\n', '
The 1965 Senators were Bridges\' last stop in his MLB career. His lifetime totals include a won/lost record of 23β15, 25 saves, an ERA of 3.75 and 302 strikeouts in 345β1β3 innings pitched.\n', '
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