Vic Aldridge Baseball player

Victor "Vic" Aldridge (October 25, 1893 – April 17, 1973), nicknamed the "Hoosier Schoolmaster," was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Giants, and was known to be an excellent curveball pitcher. Before his playing career he was a schoolmaster, hence his nickname. His most significant actions as a player occurred during the 1925 World Series, where Aldridge completed and won games two and five, only to have the most disastrous first inning in the seventh game of the World Series ever. After his retirement from baseball, he served as a state senator in the Indiana General Assembly. Aldridge is a member of the Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame, inducted in 2007.

Personal facts

Vic Aldridge
Alias (AKA)Aldridge Vic
Birth dateOctober 25, 1893
Date of deathApril 17, 1973

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Baseball player

Career startApril 15, 1917
Career endAugust 29, 1928
batting sideRight
former teams
Chicago Cubs
San Francisco Giants
position
Pitcher
teams
Chicago Cubs
Pittsburgh Pirates
San Francisco Giants
throwing sideRight

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