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Originally Posted by jksander
OUT OF CHARACTER: I didn’t realize the double-switch didn’t come into being until 1964, or so I’m told from one of my online leagues. So I wound up in the unenviable position of not having a catcher, since it subbed Hersh Freeman for Crandall and not for Whitman. Since I do not have a third activated catcher, I had to sub in a relief pitcher at catcher and just chalk it up to my character being drunk or something, lol! Lesson learned, be careful doing any pinch-anything involving the catcher.
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According to
A Game of Inches, there is evidence for double-switches going back to 1906. It was, however, probably a rare practice before the 1920s just because there usually weren't all that many bench players available.