William Cleveland Currie (November 29, 1926 – October 30, 2013) was an American professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher whose ten-year

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career was punctuated by a three-game stint in Major League Baseball with the Washington Senators. From 1950 to 1959, the , Currie compiled a 92–72 win–loss record in minor league baseball, playing for at least six Major League organizations. His brief trial with Washington in April 1955, however, was marked by his rude treatment by the New York Yankees in his MLB debut at Yankee Stadium. Currie entered the game (the Senators' second of the year) in the fifth

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as his team's third pitcher of the day with New York already leading 7–0. He loaded the bases on two walks and a

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and gave up a two-run

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to Whitey Ford in his first inning. Then, in his next frame, he gave up back-to-back

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to Yogi Berra and

Bill Skowron William Joseph Skowron (December 18, 1930 – April 27, 2012), nicknamed "Moose", was an American professional baseball first baseman. He played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1954 to 1967 for the New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dod ...

as the Yanks added on four more runs.1955-4-13 box score from Retrosheet
/ref> Currie gave up five hits and five earned runs in two innings, with two bases on balls, one hit batter, and one wild pitch in an eventual 19–1 Washington defeat. Currie pitched much more effectively in his next two outings, also as a relief pitcher, but he was sent back to the Double-A Southern Association when the rosters were reduced from 28 to 25 players. In his three MLB games, he yielded seven hits and six earned runs in 4⅓

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, with two walks and two strikeouts.

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