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Tommy Fine

Tommy Fine, American baseball player and businessman (died 2005)

Born
October 10, 1914
Died
January 10, 2005
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1914

About Tommy Fine

Thomas Morgan Fine was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball who played in 23 games for the Boston Red Sox (1947) and St. Louis Browns (1950). The native of Cleburne, Texas, stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighed 190 pounds (86 kg). He was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed. In his majors career, Fine compiled a 1–3 record and a 6.81 earned run average, walking 44 batters while striking out 16 in 72+2⁄3 innings of work. He made his major league debut in 1947 with the Red Sox and finished with a 1–2 record in seven starts. Fine played for the Scranton Red Sox of the Eastern League, where in 1946 he broke the leagues record for most consecutive wins with 15. Guided by catcher Andrés Fleitas, Fine posted the first no-hitter pitched in any Caribbean Series game, to give his team a 1–0 win against the Cervecería Caracas of Venezuela.

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Tommy Fine timeline

  1. Fine played for the Scranton Red Sox of the Eastern League, where in 1946 he broke the leagues record for most consecutive wins with 15.
  2. He made his major league debut in 1947 with the Red Sox and finished with a 1–2 record in seven starts.

The world when Tommy Fine was born

Tommy Fine was born in 1914. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1914

  • Best-selling book"The Eyes of the World" – Harold Bell Wright

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports moment"Miracle Braves" complete greatest comeback in baseball history
  • Top headlineWorld War I begins — Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated
  • Technology milestonePanama Canal opens
  • World population~1.74B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population97.2M

1914 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Tommy Fine's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19142026
Population97.2M341 million

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