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Baseball historians credit the invention of the curve to either Candy Cummings or Fred Goldsmith. Cummings pitched for six years in the major leagues between 1872-1877. He said he thought of the idea of the curveball while studying the movement sea shells made when thrown. He attempted to make the same motion with a baseball and in doing so created the curveball. Goldsmith was a pitcher in the U.S and Canada in the same time frame as Cummings. He was the first pitcher to demonstrate throwing it to members of the media in 1870.
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∙ 10y agoThere are many people who played in Major League Baseball who are famous for their skills in throwing curve balls; among them is Gio Gonzalez who was a star in Major League Baseball with his skills in curveball throwing.
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∙ 8y agoMordecai Brown was the first person to throw a curveball. They called him "the three fingered pitcher"
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∙ 12y agoWilliam Arthur "Candy" Cummings of course. What I want to know is why they called him Candy??
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Who threw First curve ball?
david charles
Artful used in a sentence?
* * The pitcher's use of his curve ball was artful in the first inning.
Was there baseball player who swinged at a ball when pitcher threw at first?
yes kevin rodrigez
Which finger on a pictures hand controls a curve ball and a slider?
which fingers on a pitcher's throwing hand controls a curve ball and a slider
What you a good sentence for pitcher?
The pitcher of water is already on the table. Our opponent's pitcher throws a wicked curve ball.
Can little league pitcher throw a curve ball?
If he is skilled enough
Which finger on a pitcher's throwing hand controls a curve ball and slider?
Middle Finger
What is the difference between a pitcher's command and a pitcher's control?
Great question. The pitchers command means that his pitches are doing what he wants them to do. If his intent is to throw a curve ball, then the ball will curve. The pitcher has control when the pitches he throws are staying in the strike zone like he wants. If he wants to throw a ball, then he is throwing balls. your curveball can curve, your breaking ball can break, your slider will slide, and your fastball is fast.... however if you can't get it over the plate ( or reasonably within range), you have no control.
What is a sentence for the words shortstop and caught?
The shortstop caught the ball. The pitcher caught the ball and threw it to the shortstop for the out.
Did a pitcher named connie Johnson play for the Baltimore Orioles?
Yes. He had a fantastic curve ball.
Which pitcher was given credit for creating the curve ball?
Candy Cummings thought of it while hitting a cue ball in a pool game.
When a baseball pitcher gives up hits what does that mean?
It means that when the pitcher threw the ball the batter hit the ball into the field of play and was credited with a base hit.
