US: Boca Raton, Florida – Death Ball
By stan. Filed in Florida, History, Museum, Sports, Trivia, United States |
On August 16, 1920, Ray Chapman, the Cleveland shortstop, was accidentally hit on the head by a ball pitched by New York’s Carl Mays, and he died the next day due to severe brain damage. This is the ball, which can be seen at the Sports Memorabilia Museum in Boca.
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