Arthur Lawrence Schallock (born April 25, 1924 in Mill Valley, California

Mill Valley, California

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) is an American

United States

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 former left-handed

Left-handed

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 pitcher

Pitcher

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 for the New York Yankees

New York Yankees

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 and Baltimore Orioles

Baltimore Orioles

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 from 1951 to 1955. He stood 5 in 9 in (1.75 m) tall and weighed 160 pounds (72.6 kg), and attended Marin Junior College

College of Marin

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.

Schallock appeared in 58 Major League

Major League Baseball

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 games, including 14 assignments as a starting pitcher

Starting pitcher

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, and allowed 199 hits

Hit (baseball)

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 and 91 bases on balls in 170⅓ innings of work, with 77 strikeout

Strikeout

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s.

In the 1953 World Series

1953 World Series

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, pitching against the team that initially signed him, the Brooklyn Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers

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, Schallock pitched in one game for 2 innings, had a 4.50 earned run average

Earned run average

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, gave up two hits, struck out one, and walked one batter.

External links

• http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=schalar01 Art Schallock's Baseball Almanac Biography