But in 1920, New York Yankees pitcher Carl Mays hit Cleveland Indians shortstop Ray Chapman in the head with a pitch, which caused Chapman to die. Mays continued playing for the Yankees until 1923 ...

Baseball historian Scott Longert has penned a new biography titled "Love and Loss: The Short Life of Ray Chapman." The book ...

The Cleveland shortstop was 29 when he was hit by a pitch thrown from New York’s Carl Mays on Aug. 16, 1920. In that instant, the promising ballplayer was cut down, his prime ended, leaving a ...

a pitch from Yankees submariner Carl Mays, not believed to be a spitball but still a dreary, brown ball that was hard for the batter to pick up, crashed into the skull of popular Indians shortstop ...

On Aug. 16 at the Polo Grounds in Manhattan, Cleveland shortstop Ray Chapman took a fastball off the head from New York ...

So why isn't Carl Mays a Hall of Famer? Well, in this case it's quite likely that his direct involvement in the fatal beaning of Ray Chapman has played a major role. But the point here is that ...

1920 — Cleveland shortstop Ray Chapman is hit in the head with a pitch by New York's Carl Mays. Chapman suffers a fractured skull and dies the next day. It's the only field fatality in major ...

1920 — Shortstop Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians was hit in the head with a pitch in the fifth inning by New York’s Carl Mays. Chapman suffered a fractured skull and died the next day.