Talk:Pete Gray

Note on Gray

Quote: "Threw: Left"

Well, at least there's no debate about the correctness of this fact!

Peter Golenbock (who'd interviewed old St. Louis players for his book) told our SABR chapter that Gray's one-handed swing lacked power, and as a result the major league outfielders could play him very shallow and leave few gaps. This would explain his very low batting average.WHPratt (talk) 20:09, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

New template

I've added the retired MLB player template this evening.

Would someone like to add to it--Pete's stats, etc.

One source is:

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/dt/graype01.php

trezjr 02:44, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

POV

In my opinion, this article has a lot of POV stuff in it. I edited out one example- that it was always his dream to play at Yankee Stadium- how could anyone be able to get into Pete Gray's head and know that, anyway? Maybe his dream was to play at the Polo Grounds or at Baker Bowl or at Forbes Field? The answer is that we do not know. Slater79 18:38, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Like, daa. Pete Gray's autobiography is referenced here. Read it.

trezjr 22:02, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

i agree. there are 3 sources of biographical reference posted here, plus the pennsylvania state site. 4.174.223.31 14:36, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Loss of Right Arm

I seem to remember reading (in Strange But True Baseball Stories, by Furman Bisher), that Gray had lost his right arm trying to hop a freight. 45750born (talk) 12:10, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Not only one-armed man to play baseball

Since the article refers to Jim Abbott, a one-handed pitcher, the text in the Notable achievements section of the Infobox has been modified. Pete Gray is not the only one-armed man to play MLB. Truthanado (talk) 23:47, 29 August 2012 (UTC)

Actually, Jim Abbott had two arms, but lacked a full hand on his right arm. Another such player was 19th-century Hugh Daily. Daily didn't bother with a glove, but wore a pad on his stump ande used it to knock down or trap batted balls. WHPratt (talk) 14:24, 2 October 2012 (UTC)