Number Forty-Nine: Ernie Shore.

(From L-R: Ernie Shore, Babe Ruth, Carl Mays and Dutch Leo

Ernie Shore only pitched six full seasons in the big leagues and four of them were with Boston (1914-1917). In Boston he went 58-33 in 125 games. Dead ball era aside, he was a solid pitcher in a rotation that featured Smokey Joe Wood and Babe Ruth. But Ernie Shore's claim to fame is a single game in 1917.

On June 23, 1917 Babe Ruth started the first game of a double header at Fenway against the Washington Senators. Ruth walked the first batter of the game and then proceeded to get himself thrown out of the game for arguing with the umpire. Shore came in in relief, the runner got caught stealing, and Shore sat down the next twenty-six Senators he faced. In short, a nearly perfect game.