King Cole (baseball player)

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Leonard "King" Cole on a 1911 American Tobacco Company baseball card.
Leonard "King" Cole on a 1911 American Tobacco Company baseball card.

Leonard Leslie "King" Cole (April 15, 1886 in Toledo, Iowa-January 6, 1916) was a baseball player in the early twentieth century. He started his baseball career as a pitcher with the Chicago Cubs in 1909. In 1910, he led the National League with a record of 20-4 and helped win a National League Pennant for the Cubs. His 20-4 record is the best winning percentage (.866) for a Cub pitcher in the Twentieth Century.

Cole was traded to Pittsburgh, and then to the New York Yankees On October 2, 1914, Cole gave up a double to Babe Ruth--Ruth's first hit in the major leagues.

Ring Lardner wrote about Cole in articles for The Sporting News. Lardner compiled the stories into the Alibi Ike stories, making Cole a baseball immortal.

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