Craig Day

Craig Day was a baseball and American football player for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at the Georgia Institute of Technology. A pitcher on the baseball team from 1903 to 1906, his 12 complete games in 1905 and 6 career shutouts is still a record.[1] He posted a record of 248. He beat Arthur Bradsher of Trinity in 1905 in what was dubbed the "greatest game in Dixie" before the 1908 Nashville v. New Orleans game.[2] He and Ed Lafitte were teammates at Tech. Day was an end on the football team. He was inducted into the Georgia Tech Hall of Fame in 1962.[3]

Craig Day
Pitcher
debut
1903, Georgia Tech
Last appearance
1906, Georgia Tech
Career statistics
Strikeouts203
Shutouts6

References

  1. "Georgia Tech Baseball Records".
  2. "John Heisman speaks of Arthur Bradsher after Georgia Tech's 12th inning victory over Trinity". The Atlanta Constitution. 11 April 1905. p. 10.
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-02-14. Retrieved 2019-02-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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