St. Louis Browns left handed pitcher Fred Stiely was born on June 1, 1901, in Pillow, Pennsylvania. Of the 1,525 players from Pennsylvania, he is the only MLB player from Pillow, a borough of Harrisburg. He would enjoy a ten-year baseall career, which took him ten different minor league teams and three seasons with the St. Louis Browns. T
St. Louis Browns left handed pitcher Fred Stiely was born on June 1, 1901, in Pillow, Pennsylvania. Of the 1,525 players from Pennsylvania, he is the only MLB player from Pillow, a borough of Harrisburg. He would enjoy a ten-year baseall career, which took him ten different minor league teams and three seasons with the St. Louis Browns. There is very little recorded on the life and career of Fred Stiely.
"Lefty" began his career in 1926, splitting 22 games between the Newark Bears, Wilkes-Barre Barons, and Binghamton Triplets. He was 25 at the time of his professional game, and it can be assumed that he played semipro baseball to prepare. He would have a 12-12 record in 32 games with the Scranton Miners in 1927, before taking the entire 1928 season off for undisclosed reasons.
He started the 1929 season with the Wichita Falls Spudders and Beaumont Explorers , before making his MLB debut with the Browns on October 6, 1929. He would pitch a complete game where he gave up 11 hits, and three walks, while going 2-for-3 including a double in the Browns 4-2 win. He would split time between the Browns and their minor league affiliate, Milwaukee Brewers, in 1930-31. He played in four games in each season, primarily out of the bull pen. In 1930, Stiely would have two complete games in his two starts with the Browns but would not record a win. The next season (1931) saw him close out four games. In just 6.2 innings, he recorded two strikeouts, while giving out seven hits, five earned runs, and three walks. This would be his last season in Major League Baseball.
Stiely would spend his final six seasons in the minor leagues, appearing with the Milwaukee Brewers (1930-33), Dallas Steers (1933-34), Oklahoma City Indians (1935-36), and the Fort Worth Cats (1936).
Fred Stiely would return to Pennsylvania after retiring from baseball. He would settle down in small town of Valley View, and enjoy a life telling stories of his baseball career.
HEADLINE
"BROWNS SCORE TWO IN THE NINTH AND TENTH TO BEAT JOHNSON AND WASHINGTON"
FEATURED GAMES
1917 - In a ten inning duel with Washington's legendary pitcher, Walter Johnson, Browns come back and steal a 4-2 victory. Browns starting pitcher Eddie Plank gave up two runs in the first inning, and then shut out the Nationals for the rest of t
HEADLINE
"BROWNS SCORE TWO IN THE NINTH AND TENTH TO BEAT JOHNSON AND WASHINGTON"
FEATURED GAMES
1917 - In a ten inning duel with Washington's legendary pitcher, Walter Johnson, Browns come back and steal a 4-2 victory. Browns starting pitcher Eddie Plank gave up two runs in the first inning, and then shut out the Nationals for the rest of the game. The Browns would not get on the score board until the top of the ninth inning when PH Tod Sloan singled, and 3B Jimmy Austin walked. George Sisler would single , and through a series of errors both Sloan and Austin would score. RHP Jim Park pitched a scoreless bottom of the ninth inning. Browns CF Armando Marsens would double, and then be driven in on a ball hit by Del Pratt. Pratt would reach on an error, and then be driven in on a single by PH William Rumler. Jim Park would earn the win, and Allan Sothoron would collect the save after pitching the bottom of the 11th inning. Although he was not included in the outcome, future Hall of Famer Eddie Plank would scatter six hits and two runs over 8.1 innings while striking out two.
BROWNS' ALL-TIME RECORD ON THIS DAY
20 WINS, 19 LOSSES
(.512 winning percentage)
WINS BY DECADE
1902-09: 3-2
1910-19: 6-5
1920-29: 5-1
1930-39: 1-6
1940-49: 3-5
1950-53: 2-0
DOUBLE-HEADERS ON THIS DAY
TRANSACTIONS
1942 - Browns traded RHP Bob Harris and catcher Bob Swift to the Philadelphia Athletics for catcher Frankie Hayes. Harris would appear in 103 games for the Browns, reaching a 27-46 record with a 5.25 ERA. Swift would debut with the Browns in 1940, and would hit .301 while appearing in 222 games from 1940-42. Hayes would platoon at catcher for the Browns from 1942-43. He appeared in 144 games, and hit just .213.
Transactions made in June with no specific date given
1905 - Browns Purchased the contract of catcher Tubby Spencer from the Waco Tigers. Spencer would be the Browns primary catcher for the next four seasons (1905-08). His best season came in 1907 when he hit .265, with 60 hits and 28 RBIs.
1910 - Browns purchased the contract of RHP Farmer Ray from Muskogee. Ray would start 16 of the 21 games he appeared with the Browns in 1910. He would win four games in his only season in Major League Baseball.
1911 - Browns signed the free agent 1B Jim Duggan. He would appear in just one game, on June 29, where he went 0-for-3 with a run scored.
1911 - Browns sent Joe Willis to the St. Louis Cardinals. Willis would appear in just one game for the Browns in 1911, before appearing in 40 games for the Cardinals from 1911-13.
1915 - Browns signed free agent RHP/1B George Sisler. This signing would be the best in the history of the franchise
1917 - Browns placed UTIL Gene Paulette on waivers, picked up by the St. Louis Cardinals. Paulette would only see 34 plate appearances with the Browns from 1916-17. He would only hit .231, and fail to hit an extra base hit.
1920 - Browns signed amateur free agent LHP Hub Pruett. He would appear in 104 games, starting 17 games while closing out 51 games.
THERE WERE NO DEBUTS MADE ON THIS DAY
BROWNS' BIRTHDAYS ON THIS DAY
1885 - 1B Jim Duggan (1911)
1891 - C Hank Severeid (1915-25)
1901 - LHP Fred Stiely (1929-31)
The 1946 Browns was a team that had a very optimistic plan for the season, that did not necessarily workout to schedule. More than half the team was new from the 1945 team. There were several players that signed late, and other players arrived late from the war service. The verteran ballplayers that the Browns were planning on having big
The 1946 Browns was a team that had a very optimistic plan for the season, that did not necessarily workout to schedule. More than half the team was new from the 1945 team. There were several players that signed late, and other players arrived late from the war service. The verteran ballplayers that the Browns were planning on having big years, suffered through down seasons. Add to that an ownership change and a managerial change, the 1946 Browns did not meet the expectations they had entering the season. The Browns would finish with a 66-88 record, and finish in 7th place.
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