Darrah Dean Stone (September 1, 1930 – August 21, 2018) was an American
professional baseball
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player
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, a
pitcher
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who appeared in 166
games
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over all or parts of eight
Major League Baseball
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seasons. The well-traveled, , left-hander played for the
Washington Senators (1953–57),
Boston Red Sox
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(1957),
St. Louis Cardinals
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(1959), (1962),
Chicago White Sox
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(1962) and
Baltimore Orioles
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(1963). He also played one season in Japan for the
Taiyo Whales
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(1964).
Born in
Moline, Illinois
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, Stone graduated from
United Township High School
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in
East Moline
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, prior to entering baseball in 1949.
Stone was the winning pitcher of the
1954
Events
January
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All-Star Game without retiring a single batter.
This took place at
Cleveland Stadium on July 13. He entered the game with two out in the top of the 8th to face
Duke Snider, with the
American League
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behind, 9–8.
Red Schoendienst
Albert Fred "Red" Schoendienst (; February 2, 1923 – June 6, 2018) was an American professional baseball second baseman, coach, and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB), and is largely known for his coaching, managing, and playing years wit ...
, the baserunner on third, tried to steal home and Stone threw him out at the plate.
The A.L. then scored three
runs in the bottom of the 8th and won the game 11–9, as
Virgil Trucks
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hurled a scoreless 9th inning to
save it.
After having pitched two
minor league
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no-hitter
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s in 1952 and going 8–10 with a 3.33 ERA for the Double-A
Chattanooga Lookouts of the
Southern Association
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in 1953, he reached the big leagues. His first appearance was in relief against the
Detroit Tigers
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on September 13, 1953. He would go on to pitch the majority of his games (60%) in relief at the major league level.
In 1954 won a career-high 12 games, lost 10, had an
earned run average
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of 3.22, and it was his only season as an All-Star. In his other seven years, he had a combined record of 17–29 with a 4.91 ERA.
Stone was a member of the expansion Houston of 1962. He pitched a three-hit
shutout
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against the
Chicago Cubs
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in Houston's third game (April 12), then another shutout against the Cubs one week later, giving the Colts a 5–3 record. He was traded to the Chicago White Sox for pitcher
Russ Kemmerer
Russell Paul Kemmerer (November 1, 1930 – December 8, 2014) was an American professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher who played for the Boston Red Sox (–), the Washington Senators (1901–60), Washington Senators (–), the ...
on June 22. The Baltimore Orioles acquired Stone during the off-season, and he made his last major league appearance on June 21, 1963.
Career totals include a record of 29–39 in 215
games pitched
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, 85
games started
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, 19
complete game
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s, 5 shutouts, 52
games finished, 12 saves, and an ERA of 4.47. In 686 innings he struck out 380 and walked 373. He had a
batting average in 170
at bats with one
home run
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.
After baseball
Stone was the owner of a landscaping company in
Silvis, Illinois
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.
Stone died on August 21, 2018 at the age of 87, in
East Moline, Illinois
East Moline is a city in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States. The population was 21,374 at the 2020 census. East Moline is part of the Quad Cities, along with the cities of Rock Island, Illinois, Rock Island, Moline, Illinois, Moline, and ...
.
References
* 1955 Baseball Register published by
The Sporting News
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External links
Baseball AlmanacDean Stone- Baseball Biography
Venezuelan Baseball League
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