Ownie Carroll

Owen Thomas "Ownie" Carroll, (November 11, 1902 – June 8, 1975) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played nine seasons in the major leagues with the Detroit Tigers (1925–1930), New York Yankees (1930), Cincinnati Reds (1930–1932), and Brooklyn Dodgers (1933–1934). Born in Kearny, New Jersey, Ownie was a right-handed thrower who played high school ball at Saint Benedict's Preparatory School in Newark, New Jersey. He accumulated a record of 49 wins and 2 losses losses at St. Benedict's Prep. Carroll attended College of the Holy Cross at Worcester, Massachusetts, where he became widely known as the best pitcher in college baseball. He pitched a comlete game, 15-inning 2-1 win against Harvard in 1922. Between 1922 and 1925, he had a...