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On October 2, 1908, Addie Joss pitched a perfect game, the fourth in Major League Baseball history, and only the second in American League history. He threw it at League Park, in Cleveland, Ohio.
Dec 13, 2018 · The fans sent a rousing cheer into the autumn air. Joss had just thrown the second perfect game in the American League. The first had been thrown on May 5, 1904, by Cy Young of the Boston Americans. The gallery descended to the playing field in an effort to carry their hero to the dressing room on their shoulders.
He pitched for the Cleveland Bronchos of Major League Baseball, later known as the Naps, between 1902 and 1910. Joss, who was 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg), pitched the fourth perfect game in baseball history (which, additionally, was only the second of the modern era).
On Oct. 2, 1908, Joss threw the fourth perfect game in baseball history, a victory over future Hall of Famer Ed Walsh. He accomplished the feat with just 74 pitches. It was the first of two no-hitters he would throw, the second coming in 1910. Both games were against the Chicago White Sox.
Addie Joss had an uncanny delivery which started behind his right hip and appeared at the last moment - often with blazing speed. In the middle of a four way pennant race he was called on to face Big Ed Walsh and he rose to the occasion with this, the second perfect game in American League history. "He ( Addie Joss) was a great man.
Jan 4, 2012 · For nine seasons Addie Joss was one of the best pitchers in the history of the American League, posting four 20-win seasons, capturing two ERA titles, and tossing two no-hitters ( one of them a perfect game) and seven one-hitters.
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Oct 2, 2017 · On this day in 1908, Cleveland Indians starter Addie Joss fired the fourth perfect game in MLB history, blanking the Chicago White Sox 1-0.
