Stan Coveleski (July 13, 1889 – March 20, 1984) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. In 450 career games from 1912 to 1928, Coveleski posted a win–loss record of 215–142, with 224 complete games, 38 shutouts, and a 2.89 earned run average. He made his major league debut with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1912. He signed with the Cleveland Indians in 1916, playing nine seasons with them and winning three games during the 1920 World Series. He spent three seasons with the Washington Senators and one with the New York Yankees before retiring after the 1928 season. A starting pitcher, Coveleski specialized in throwing the spitball, a pitch where the ball is altered with a foreign substance such as chewing tobacco. It was legal when his career began and outlawed in 1920, but he was one of 17 pitchers permitted to continue throwing the pitch. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1831:

Officials in Wallachia adopted the Regulamentul Organic, which engendered a period of unprecedented reforms that provided a setting for the Westernization of the local society. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulamentul_Organic

1878:

At the conclusion of the Congress of Berlin, the major powers in Europe signed the Treaty of Berlin, redrawing the map of the Balkans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Berlin_%281878%29

1973:

Watergate scandal: Under questioning by Senate investigators, White House deputy chief of staff Alexander Butterfield revealed the existence of a secret taping system in the Oval Office. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_White_House_tapes

2011:

Three coordinated bombings across Mumbai, India, killed 26 victims and injured 130 more. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Mumbai_bombings

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

calvous: 1. (formal, medicine, rare) Lacking most or all of one's hair; bald, hairless. 2. (botany, rare) Lacking bristles or pappuses. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/calvous

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