Dazzy Vance

Line-Up for Yesterday

V is for Vance,
The Dodgers' own Dazzy;
None of his rivals
Could throw as fast as he.

— Ogden Nash, Sport magazine (January 1949) ^[16]

See also

• Biography portal
• Baseball portal

• List of Major League Baseball annual ERA leaders
• List of Major League Baseball annual strikeout leaders
• List of Major League Baseball annual wins leaders
• List of Major League Baseball career strikeout leaders
• List of Major League Baseball no-hitters
• Major League Baseball titles leaders

Notes

1. "Dazzy Vance statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 3, 2012.
2. "Dazzy Vance at the Baseball Hall of Fame". baseballhall.org. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
3. Lieb, Fred (February 22, 1961). "Dazzy Vance, Hall of Fame pitching star, dies at 69". The Sporting News . Archived from the original on January 23, 2020. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
4. Faber, Charles. "The Baseball Biography Project: Dazzy Vance". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
5. "Dazzy Vance Minor Leagues Statistics & History".
6. "Hall Of Fame Choices". The Pittsburgh Press. January 27, 1955. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
7. "Hank DeBerry Wonders If We've Forgotten Dazzy". The Toledo News-Bee. March 6, 1934. p. 10. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
8. "Dazzy Vance Fans 15 Chicago Batters for Season's Record". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. Retrieved May 10, 2011.
9. "Immaculate Innings: 9 Pitches – 9 Strikes – 3 Outs". Baseball-Almanac.com. Baseball Almanac. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
10. Hinckley, David (March 28, 2003). "BASE LOADED Three Men on Third, 1926 chapter 29". New York Daily News . Retrieved February 20, 2025.
11. "MLB History: Five Oldest Pitchers to Hit a Homerun". May 9, 2016.
12. Reston, James (September 19, 1934). "Dazzler earned $200,000, but does not recommend baseball as a profession". The Day . Retrieved January 2, 2015.
13. Skipper, p. 183.
14. Skipper, p. 177.
15. Skipper, p. 179.
16. "Baseball Almanac" . Retrieved January 23, 2008.

References

• Skipper, John (2007). Dazzy Vance: A Biography of the Brooklyn Dodger Hall of Famer. McFarland. ISBN   978-0786481798 . Retrieved January 2, 2015.

External links

• Dazzy Vance at the Baseball Hall of Fame

• Career statistics from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
• Vance Was Violent Pitcher With Power, Speed To Burn, by Harry Grayson, May 26, 1943
• Dazzy Vance at Find a Grave

Dazzy Vance
Vance in 1922
Pitcher
Born:(1891-03-04)March 4, 1891 Orient, Iowa, U.S.
Died: February 16, 1961(1961-02-16) (aged 69) Homosassa Springs, Florida, U.S.
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 16, 1915, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Last MLB appearance
August 14, 1935, for the Brooklyn Dodgers

Preceded by Dutch Ruether	Brooklyn Robins Opening Day Starting pitcher 1925	Succeeded by Jesse Petty
Preceded by Pete Alexander	National League Pitching Triple Crown 1924	Succeeded by Bucky Walters
Preceded by Jesse Haines	No-hitter pitcher September 13, 1925	Succeeded by Ted Lyons