Dizzy Dean(1910-1974)
- Actor
Jerome "Dizzy" Dean is regarded as one of the finest pitchers in
baseball history. He took four consecutive strikeout titles, led the
National League in complete games pitched for four straight seasons,
and won two games for the Cardinals in the 1934 World Series--his
brother Paul 'Daffy' Dean won the other two. Dean's career was
brought up short in 1937 when he was hit by a line drive that broke his
toe. He had to change his pitching style in order to keep off the
broken toe, resulting in his causing permanent injury to his throwing
arm. He spent the last years of his career with the St. Louis Browns,
and retired in 1947 (after pitching a four-inning
shutout).
