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In the News (Sun 27 May 12)

  
  Addie Joss
Adrian "Addie" Joss was born in Woodland, Wisconsin, in 1880.
During the off-season Joss was a sportswriter for the Toledo News-Bee.
So well thought of was Joss that the top AL players of the day formed an all-star team to play the Indians for the benefit of his widow, raising nearly $13,000 -- a handsome sum back in the day.
home.earthlink.net /~scrubs-classic/greats101/joss-addie.htm   (777 words)

  
 Addie Joss Obituary
Joss joined the American League club in 1903, under the management of William R. Armour, present owner of the Toledo club.
Joss began his baseball career in Juneau, Wis., in 1898, with a semi-professional team.
The Addie Joss no-hitter mentioned above on October 2, 1908, was actually a perfect game victory over future Hall of Fame pitcher Ed Walsh.
www.baseball-almanac.com /deaths/addie_joss_obituary.shtml   (576 words)

  
 Toledo's Attic - Joss   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Adrian "Addie" Joss was born April 12, 1880, in Wisconsin.
Addie finished 650 of his first 61 major league starts, walked only 370 batters in more than 2,200 innings, and was the finest fielding pitcher of his time.
Addie Joss was named posthumously to the Baseball Hall of Fame in January 1978.
www.attic.utoledo.edu /toledosattic/attic/att/wood/joss.html   (731 words)

  
 Addie Joss | BaseballLibrary.com
So well thought of was Joss that the top AL players of the day formed an all-star team to play the Indians for the benefit of his widow.
Joss pitched only nine years; it was his ERA that convinced the Veterans Committee to bend the 10-year career minimum rule and let him into the Hall of Fame.
Addie holds the Tigers scoreless after that, but the 3-2 loss-according to the ruling at the time-goes to Joss [this loss will bounce back and forth between the two pitchers].
www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/J/Joss_Addie.stm   (930 words)

  
 Tragic finish didn't tarnish Joss' greatness   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Joss is one of four players from Wisconsin in the Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown.
Joss was born in 1880 in Woodland, a small town in eastern Dodge County.
Joss compiled a 160-97 record with the Naps - the team’s nickname before they became the Indians - and his lifetime ERA was 1.89, second best in baseball history.
www.jsonline.com /sports/brew/sat/joss62798.stm   (2448 words)

  
 Addie Joss (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Joss joined the Cleveland Naps in 1902 and was an immediate success, earning a 17-13 record and 2.77 ERA in His first year.
Joss' playing career was cut short when he was diagnosed with tubercular meningitis.
Joss was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1978.
addie-joss.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888   (278 words)

  
 July 24, 1911: Baseball's First All-Star Game
Adrian (Addie) Joss, a Toledo resident and star pitcher of the Cleveland team, had died suddenly on April 14, 1911, at the age of 31.
Addie's friends, including manager George Stovall and pitching legend Cy Young, suggested an All-Star game to be played on Monday, July 24, a day when most of the rest of the league was idle.
Addie's family and the players had decided that the game should be a celebration of baseball itself, and so it was for the 15,000 fans who jammed the park for this unusual game.
www.wcnet.org /~dlfleitz/game.htm   (1424 words)

  
 Addie Joss - BR Bullpen
Addie Joss made his major league debut in 1902 and pitched his entire career with the Cleveland Indians (who wouldn't be called the Indians until after his death).
In 1908, Joss went 24-11 with a 1.16 ERA and on October 2nd of that year pitched a perfect game against the Chicago White Sox.
Joss was elected to the Hall of Fame despite not meeting the requirement of ten years of service.
www.baseball-reference.com /bullpen/Addie_Joss   (233 words)

  
 Addie Joss | The BASEBALL Page
Addie Joss died two days after his 30th birthday from tubercular meningitis, a tragedy that shocked Cleveland, for whom he had pitched all of his nine seasons.
Joss had more than a few great years, but his 1.16 ERA in 1908 brings that season to the top of the list.
Joss threw two no-hitters, and when Cy Young joined the Tribe's staff in 1909, it gave Cleveland two pitchers with multiple no-hitters to their credit.
www.thebaseballpage.com /players/jossad01.php   (529 words)

  
 Addie Joss   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In the first decade of the century, Addie Joss was one of the American League's most dominant pitchers.
On October 2nd, 1908, Addie Joss was involved in a pitcher's duel with the Chicago White Sox's Ed Walsh.
Sadly, Addie Joss' baseball career and life abruptly came to an end on April 14th, 1911 when he died of tubecular meningitis.
members.aol.com /tycobb1911/joss/joss.html   (213 words)

  
 Joss House
JOSS was written in a symbolic assembly language called EasyFox (E and F in the US military's phonetic alphabet of that time).
JOSS II, was developed by Charles L. Baker and Ed Bryan for the PDP-6 computer between 1964 and February 1966.
Joss Stone was born in Dover in Kent, in 1987.
www.artistbooking.com /trips/117/joss-house.html   (1668 words)

  
 Addie Joss Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
Addie Joss was born on Monday, April 12, 1880, in Woodland, Wisconsin.
Joss was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 26, 1902, with the Cleveland Blues.
"The legend of Addie Joss the ballplayer began when he was around 14; he supposedly knocked a brick loose from the side of his aunt and uncle's farmhouse with a baseball.
www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=jossad01   (321 words)

  
 Hall of Fame Pitchers
Adrian "Addie" Joss was known as "the Human Hairpin" because of the way he pitched--with an exaggerated pinwheel motion.
Joss was from Cleveland and he always played with the Cleveland team.
Joss died of tubercular meningitis when he was just 31 years old.
www.americaslibrary.gov /jp/bball/jp_bball_pitch_3.html   (169 words)

  
 American Heroes
Addie was a tall man with long, thin fingers.
Joss was born in Wisconsin and in his first major league start, he threw a brilliant one-hit shutout.
In 1910, at the age of 31, Adrian Joss died of tubercular meningitis.
www.baseballhistorian.com /html/american_heroes.cfm?page=2   (1336 words)

  
 Pictures of Shoeless Joe (The Cleveland Years)
Panorama Photo From Addie Joss Day This photo shows Joe standing next to the great Cy Young (Joe is the 11th man from the left) in this panorama photo from the Addie Joss Benefit Game which was held on July 24, 1911.
Addie Joss Day postcard This postcard is from Addie Joss Day held in Cleveland on July 24, 1911.
On Addie Joss Day the best players of the American League gathered in Cleveland to play a benefit game for the family of Addie Joss (Hall of Fame pitcher), who died prematurely at the age of 31 from menengitis in April of 1911.
www.blackbetsy.com /joepics2.htm   (2886 words)

  
 Addie Joss - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Adrian Joss (April 12, 1880 – April 14, 1911) was a Major League Baseball pitcher in the early 20th century.
Joss joined the Cleveland Bronchos in 1902 and was an immediate success, earning a 17-13 record and 2.77 ERA in his first year.
Addie Joss is the only player in the Hall of Fame to have the 10 year rule of service waived.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Addie_Joss   (369 words)

  
 Cleveland.com: Century of Baseball
The duel between Hall of Famers Addie Joss and Ed Walsh on Oct. 2, 1908, the most remarkable two-man pitching performance under pressure in the history of the American League, lasted either one hour and 29 minutes or 1:40, depending on which paper you read.
Joss, who was taller and thinner than Walsh, struck out three and retired 16 batters on ground balls, with Lajoie making several fine plays.
Joss' career record was 160-97 and his earned run average of 1.88 is second best in major-league history, behind - guess who - Walsh, who is at 1.82.
www.cleveland.com /centuryofbaseball/index.ssf?/centuryofbaseball/more/century01.html   (860 words)

  
 Legends of the Game
ADDIE JOSS Joss, Adrian b: 4/12/1880, Woodland, Wis. d: 4/14/11, Toledo, Ohio BR/TR, 6'3", 185 lbs.
Addie hurled two no-hitters including a 1-0 perfect game against the Chicago White Sox and fellow Hall of Famer, Ed Walsh.
Addie's career was so brilliant that he was elected to the 'Hall' despite not reaching the 10-year career minimum qualification.
www.deadball.com /joss.htm   (101 words)

  
 Smokey Joe Wood - HOF? - Baseball Fever
Addie Joss had about 2 more pitching years in than Wood did and Wood was a pitcher (of some sort) for 2 more years than Joss!
Joss is pushing it; nonetheless he started at least 30 games five times, and also posted a 29, 28, and 24.
Actually, Joss, who was only in the majors for 9 years and was basically useless for the ninth of those years, is the usual benchmark for short career pitchers...
www.baseball-fever.com /showthread.php?t=19781   (2503 words)

  
 Addie Joss Perfect Game Box Score by Baseball Almanac (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Addie Joss had an uncanny delivery which started behind his right hip and appeared at the last moment - often with blazing speed.
The Cleveland Indians were called the Naps during this time frame because their manager was non other than hall of famer Larry "Nap" Lajoie who managed while playing second base.
Addie Joss died three years after this game at the height of his career.
www.baseball-almanac.com.cob-web.org:8888 /boxscore/10021908.shtml   (226 words)

  
 SABR :|| Convention | SABR 35 - Mornings After (Baseball Play)
Paddy learns of Addie while with Cleveland himself, for a brief taste of life "at the top" of the game, in 1901.
But Paddy is released before Joss arrives, and must content himself with following Joss' career in the box scores and as a fan at the ball park.
Back in the minors, Paddy struggles to start a family, to deal with the system that binds players to the teams that own their contracts, and to avoid the temptations of gamblers that threaten to bring the sport to ruin.
www.sabr.org /sabr.cfm?a=cms,c,1353,17,219   (434 words)

  
 Addie Joss Rules! - OOTP Developments Forums
Addie Joss has won three of the four Golden Arm Awards (Cy Young Awards).
Joss was a great player in real life.
Joss never lives up to his status in any of my online leagues or historical replays.
www.ootpdevelopments.com /board/showthread.php?t=37447   (414 words)

  
 NetShrine Discussion Forum - Ichiro and Cooperstown
This might be comparable to the PCL in the early part of the 20th century; someone with a better grasp of history can explore that analogy better than I. But it's complicated by the vast linguistic and cultural divisions between the U.S. and Japan.
I know you know Joss is no Dravecky, Smed; I was speaking to a larger audience who might not.
Joss got in and Chapman didn't because Joss was a better pitcher than Chapman was a SS.
www.netshrine.com /vbulletin2/printthread.php?t=4607   (2369 words)

  
 TEAM NEWS
Addie Joss pitches a 2-hit shutout against St. Louis (N)!!
Addie Joss pitches a 1-hit shutout against Philadelphia (N)!!
Addie Joss pitches a 7-hit shutout against Boston (N)!!
wave.prohosting.com /cbal/cbl/tnews10.html   (220 words)

  
 Joe Jackson Statue Dedication Speech By Mike Nola
One of Joe's first honors was that he was a member of the 1911 All Star team at the Addie Joss Benefit Game.
(Joss was a member of the Cleveland Naps and had died from tubercular meningitis on April 14, 1911.).
The game was held on July 24, 1911 to benefit the family of Addie Joss.
www.blackbetsy.com /mnstatuededicationspeech.htm   (1233 words)

  
 Notes from the Shadows of Cooperstown
Addie Joss was as obscure a Hall of Famer as I'd heard of.
But I soon learned that it's also the research capitol of the planet, for all things baseball, that is. In Addie Joss' file I found amazing things -- telegrams from the Mr and Mrs Cobb to Addie's widow, an actual blueprint that Addie drew, for an electronic scoreboard, and scads of articles.
Since the Eck was still pitching (out of the pen, of course) when I finished Mornings After, he made the perfect bridge between Addie and Paddy and their era, to today.
www.baseball1.com /carney/index.php?storyid=228   (1927 words)

  
 Addie Joss | National Baseball Hall of Fame (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Using an exaggerated pinwheel delivery, the right-hander won 20 or more games four seasons in a row for the Cleveland Blues and Naps, while never experiencing a losing season during his entire career.
"Joss sort of hid the ball on you.
Tell someone about Addie Joss by sending a free Hall of Fame Digital Postcard.
www.baseballhalloffame.org.cob-web.org:8888 /hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/Joss_Addie.htm   (222 words)

  
 Addie Joss...gone...again! - OOTP Developments Forums
I signed in Joss in my Manger career/replay league and he suffered a career ending injury in May of his first year with me(1911 or 1912).
I also had Joss suffer a career ender in one of my two standard replay leagues.
Addie Joss finally had a half way decent career in my Uniform league.
www.ootpdevelopments.com /board/showthread.php?t=45977   (1446 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Addie Joss Addie Joss was one of the greatest pitchers of all time.
At that time they were known as the Naps.
I am especially interested in Addie Joss because we are related.
www.addiejoss.com   (63 words)

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