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tm1681 · 11-21-2023, 08:15 PM

DES MOINES STAR GREGORY BREAKS FOUR PL RECORDS IN LOSS
SETS NEW RECORDS FOR INNINGS, PITCHES, BATTERS FACED, & K’s IN A SINGLE START

Dubuque, IA (5/26/1904) – Tuesday afternoon’s Prairie League game between the Des Moines Oaks & Dubuque Explorers at Dubuque Recreation Park was a wild one. Des Moines was set for the win before the Explorers scored three times in the home half of the ninth to level the score at 6-6, and it took six more innings to find a winner:

The pitchers of record were Dubuque reliever Fred Blakely and, incredibly, Des Moines starting pitcher Marion Gregory, who set no less than four Prairie League records in defeat:

• Innings: 15.2 innings pitched in one start
• Pitches: 221 pitches thrown in one start (153 strikes, 68 balls)
• Strikeouts: 16 strikeouts in one start (12 over first 9 innings)
• Batters: 67 batters faced in one start

For much of his five-and-a-half year career with Des Moines, Gregory has been regarded as among the most durable pitchers in semi-pro ball (raw Stamina rating is 210/250) and Tuesday’s epic certainly reinforced that. However, the loss dropped the bad-luck pitcher - 20-10 (2.91 ERA, 160 Ks) & 3rd in PL Hurler of the Year voting in '03 - to 1-6 so far on the season.

11-21-2023, 08:15 PM	#136
tm1681 All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Salt Lake City, UT Posts: 1,102	DES MOINES STAR GREGORY BREAKS FOUR PL RECORDS IN LOSS SETS NEW RECORDS FOR INNINGS, PITCHES, BATTERS FACED, & K’s IN A SINGLE START Dubuque, IA (5/26/1904) – Tuesday afternoon’s Prairie League game between the Des Moines Oaks & Dubuque Explorers at Dubuque Recreation Park was a wild one. Des Moines was set for the win before the Explorers scored three times in the home half of the ninth to level the score at 6-6, and it took six more innings to find a winner: The pitchers of record were Dubuque reliever Fred Blakely and, incredibly, Des Moines starting pitcher Marion Gregory, who set no less than four Prairie League records in defeat: • Innings: 15.2 innings pitched in one start • Pitches: 221 pitches thrown in one start (153 strikes, 68 balls) • Strikeouts: 16 strikeouts in one start (12 over first 9 innings) • Batters: 67 batters faced in one start For much of his five-and-a-half year career with Des Moines, Gregory has been regarded as among the most durable pitchers in semi-pro ball (raw Stamina rating is 210/250) and Tuesday’s epic certainly reinforced that. However, the loss dropped the bad-luck pitcher - 20-10 (2.91 ERA, 160 Ks) & 3rd in PL Hurler of the Year voting in '03 - to 1-6 so far on the season. __________________ Logo & uniform work here Thread about my fictional universe that begins in 1857 here Last edited by tm1681; 11-21-2023 at 11:53 PM.