Chuck Stobbs
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Charles Klein Stobbs (born July 2, 1929 in Wheeling, West Virginia) was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox (1947-51), Chicago White Sox (1952), Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins (1953-58 and 1959-61) and St. Louis Cardinals (1958).
He led the American League in Walks per 9 Innings Pitched (2.03) in 1956 and led the American League in Losses (20) and Earned Runs Allowed (126) in 1957.
Stobbs is remembered in the history books as the pitcher who served up a titanic home run to Mickey Mantle in 1953. The ball traveled an estimated 565 feet and flew entirely out of Griffith Stadium (Washington).
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