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Posted By: identify7

Hal: After two years of walking more batters than he struck out, Boston dumped Ruth off to NY. When he showed no signs of improvement they tried him in the field, fortunately that worked out for him. A few years later, the same thing worked for O'Doul.

Edited to add: In 1912 and 1913 Mathewson had more wins than walks. In 1919 Sallee did too.