Vean Gregg - P
1910, 1922-24, 1927
Portland, Seattle, Sacramento

Born Sylveanus Augustus Gregg on April 13, 1885, in Chehalis, Washington, the 6'1", 185 lb this power lefty started his career in Portland in 1910 with the Pacific Coast League hurling 14 shut-outs.

In September, Vean pitched a PCL record third 1-hitter in a 2-0 win over Oakland.

In 1911 he was called up to the major league Cleveland Naps, where he shined, going 23-7 with a tidy 1.80 ERA in 244 innings of work and a .767 winning percentage.

Gregg played for the Naps from 1911 through 1914 with two more twenty game winning seasons.

A nagging sore arm reduced his effectiveness, his ERA drifting upward slowly to 3.07 in his last year with the Naps.

In 1912 and 1913, he recorded two 34-save seasons back-to-back. In 1913, Gregg had the distinction of striking out Ty Cobb three times in one game. Cobb got even, though, slamming a double in the 12th to beat Cleveland.

Gregg was traded to the Red Sox in mid-1914. While he played for them on both the 1915 and 1916 World Series championship teams, his continued problems robbed him of winning seasons. His ERA hovered in the 3's, while his appearances became more limited, down to 12 to 21 outings.

In December of 1917, Connie Mack aquired Gregg for the Philadelphia Athletics dumping pricey players on the Red Sox. The Sox did not see Gregg's arm improving. The move was a good one: Gregg posted his first losing record of 9-14. His record belied a credible 3.12 ERA and 30 games saved for the club.

Historical information for his 1919 throuth 1921 seasons was unavailable.

He returned to the Pacific Coast League in Seattle in 1922 and played there until 1924, rehabilitating his career with pitching that earned him another shot at the bigs, this time with the Washington Senators in 1925.

His arm was still not big-league, though. Gregg went 2-2 with a .500 winning percentage in 26 games, saving only 5.

His final season, in 1927, was in the minors back in the Pacific Coast League with the expansion Sacramento club.

When he hung up his glove, Gregg's major league career record in eight seasons was 92-63 with a lifetime 2.70 ERA in 393 innings pitched.