Willie Mays and five other San Francisco Giants greats were scheduled to throw out the ceremonial first pitch before Game 1 of the World Series. But Mays was ill, leaving it to Hall of Famers Monte Irvin, Orlando Cepeda, Willie McCovey, Juan Marichal and Gaylord Perry to proceed without him.
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Cy Young of the Boston Americans to Ginger Beaumont of the Pittsburgh Pirates. I don't know the disposition of the pitch but can say that Beaumont ended the first World Series at bat by flying out to center field.
The ceremonial first pitches before Game 1 of the World Series were performed by Hall of Famers Monte Irvin, Orlando Cepeda, Willie McCovey, Juan Marichal and Gaylord Perry. The starting first pitch was thrown by Tim Lincecum of the San Francisco Giants.
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Koufax threw 2 shutouts in 7 World Series starts. Both were against the Minnesota Twins in the 1965 World Series (Games 5 and 7).
William Howard Taft was the first President to do the honors when he threw a ball from his seat in the stands to the Washington Senator's opening day pitcher, Walter Johnson, on April 14, 1910.