Unsuccessful Arm Surgery
In 1932, Day pitched 145 innings for the Minneapolis Millers, going 9–8, but by 1933, Day’s pitching arm was shot, and he was released by Baltimore in August 1933. Day reportedly “brooded almost continually” over the end of his pitching career. Desperate to revive his pitching career, Day went to the world renowned Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota for a delicate and expensive operation to restore his arm. Day told his family that he had spent $10,000 (more than $150,000 in 2007 dollars) on the arm, and he was "crestfallen" when the surgery proved unsuccessful.
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