A strong-armed devastating spitball pitcher from rural Tennessee
who once won 16 games with the Boston Braves, Hub Perdue is better
remembered today as one of the clown princes of the Deadball Era.
Often compared with fellow player-comedians Germany Schaefer, Nick
Altrock, and Rabbit Maranville, Perdue had a quick wit and a
rebellious streak that amused teammates but sometimes led to
conflicts with management and umpires. (""Mix 'em up!"" manager
George Stallings had told him, encouraging the weak-hitting pitcher
to take his at-bats more seriously; Perdue, a right-hander,
dutifully took his strikeouts from alternating sides of the plate.)
His penchant for the subversive--he was also a players' union
representative who freely dispensed advice on contracts and
negotiation--might in fact have curtailed what had been a promising
big league career. But his antics in the majors and minors became
the stuff of legend, known as ""Hublore.
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