Quick Facts
- Got angry with manager/teammate Ty Cobb when the hall-of-famer came in from center field to advise him to throw curveballs; Whitehill wanted to throw fastballs
- On April 23, 1933, knocked Lou Gehrig unconscious with a pitch during Gehrig's famed games played streak. Gehrig recovered and finished the game.
- Had highest (worst) earned run average of any 200-game winner with 4.36 (winning answer in 1987 SABR trivia semi-final).
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