finalyear death_date debutyear statvalue finalteam birth_date size death_place finaldate image statlabel debutteam name throws caption birth_place debutdate bats position article_title
1921 23 march 1950 1908 174 -- 143 2.56 836 new york giants 3 february 1885 220 higginsport , ohio september 20 slim sallee 2162688351 017b95dd48 o.jpg win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts st. louis cardinals slim sallee left sallee with the cardinals in 1911 higginsport , ohio april 16 right pitcher slim sallee

slim sallee

harry franklin `` slim '' sallee -lrb- february 3 , 1885 -- march 23 , 1950 -rrb- was a professional baseball player .
he was a left-handed pitcher over parts of fourteen seasons -lrb- 1908 -- 1921 -rrb- with the st. louis cardinals , new york giants and cincinnati reds .
for his career , he compiled a 174 -- 143 record in 476 appearances , with an 2.56 earned run average and 836 strikeouts .
in cardinals ' franchise history , sallee ranks 3rd all-time in earned run average -lrb- 2.67 -rrb- , 7th in innings pitched -lrb- 1905.3 -rrb- , 8th in games started -lrb- 215 -rrb- and wins -lrb- 106 , tied with adam wainwright -rrb- , and 7th in losses -lrb- 107 -rrb- .
sallee pitched in two world series , both against the chicago white sox , and was a member of the victorious reds in the infamous `` black sox '' 1919 world series .
he produced the best season of his career for the 1919 reds , going 21 -- 7 with a 2.06 earned run average .
he lost a world series to the white sox as a member of the 1917 giants .
in world series play , sallee compiled a 1 -- 3 record in 4 appearances , with a 3.45 earned run average and 6 strikeouts .
sallee was born and later died in higginsport , ohio at the age of 65 .
he was buried at st. joseph cemetery in cincinnati , ohio .
