Jay Carl Cashion (June 4, 1891 – November 17, 1935) was a

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...

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. He played for the Washington Senators from 1911 to 1914. According to ''

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'', Cashion had a fast

fastball The fastball is the most common type of pitch thrown by pitchers in baseball and softball. "Power pitchers," such as former American major leaguers Nolan Ryan and Roger Clemens, rely on speed to prevent the ball from being hit, and have thro ...

but was unable to control it.Neyer, Rob and James, Bill.
The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers
' (Simon & Schuster, 2004), pp. 159–160. He is buried in

Superior, Wisconsin , native_name_lang = oj , nickname = , total_type = , motto = , image_skyline = Tower Avenue.jpg , imagesize = , image_caption = Downtown Superior , ima ...

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