Spud Chandler put together an extremely accomplished baseball career. He was part of three World Series-winning Yankees teams. In the 1943 World Series, he threw two complete game victories, allowing just two runs (one earned) combined. Chandler made four All-Star games, and even won an AL MVP in 1943. He has the second-highest winning percentage of any pitcher to win at least 100 games. Not quite Hall of Fame worthy, but Chandler was really good. He also had one of the more ignominious debuts in Yankees’ history.
Chandler was a two-sport star at the University of Georgia, starring on both the baseball and football fields.