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Herb Score, P, Indians

Herb Score was hit by a line drive off the bat of Yankee Gil Mcdougall on May 7, 1957. Score broke his facial bones and injured his eye.

Many suspect this injury as the cause of Score’s decline, but you didn’t hear that from him.

After he returned from injury, Score told author Terry Pluto that he was feeling better than ever on bump.

It was hard to argue against the man, especially since score tossed two complete game in April of 1957, while allowing just four total runs and fanning 20.

But then he tore a tendon w hime throwing against the Washington Senators on April 30. He’d make just seven more appearances the rest of the season, according to baseball-reference.

As a result of the tendon injury, Score changed his pitching motion, and that, not the eye, is what derailed his career.

"“The reason my motion changed”, Score told Pluto, “was because I hurt my elbow, and I overcompensated for it and ended up with some bad habits.”"

As long as Indians baseball is played, Tribe fans will be asking What if? in regards to Score, a player Mickey Mantle called the toughest left-hander he had ever faced (pre-injury).