Vols Pitcher George Jeffcoat Sets Strikeout Record

In front of 2,800 fans at Sulphur Dell on September 10, 1940 George Jeffcoat fulfilled a prediction he made to local sportswriter Raymond Johnson, and sets a Southern Association strikeout record in the process.

Jeffcoat was one of four brothers to play minor league baseball, and he and his brother Halboth  made it to the major leagues. Listen to this Skip's Corner episode as I tell about the career of a special baseball man and clergyman, George Jeffcoat

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