1903 E107 Breisch Williams Deacon Phillippe
One of the greatest control artists
of all time, Phillippe averaged just 1.25 walks per nine innings over his
career. He broke in with Louisville of the NL in 1899, winning 20 and pitching
a no-hitter (5/25/99) to beat the Giants 7-0. When the NL pared to eight teams
the next year, Phillippe was one of the players former Louisville owner Barney
Dreyfuss took to Pittsburgh when he purchased the Pirates. The tall righthander
won 22, 20, and 24 for Pirate pennant winners in 1901-03. After a slump in
1904, he came back to win 22 in 1905. He was the Pittsburgh star in the first
World Series (1903) when injuries decimated the Pirate pitching staff. He
pitched a six-hitter to defeat Cy Young in Game One of the best-of-nine, a
four-hitter to win Game Three, and, following a rain-out, a nine-hitter to
win Game Four. After two straight Pirate losses, Phillippe pitched his fourth
complete game but lost to Young. Three days later, he threw his record fifth
complete game and allowed only three runs on eight hits, but Boston's Bill
Dinneen ended the Series with a three-hitter. In 1910, after several years
battling a sore arm, he won 13 straight games to go 14-2.