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Samuel Leever, nicknamed "the Goshen Schoolmaster", was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He spent his entire career with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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1903 World Series
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The 1903 World Series was the first modern World Series to be played in Major League Baseball. It matched the American League champion Boston Americans against the National League champion Pittsburgh
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…Pirates to their third consecutive National League pennant. However he injured his shoulder late in the season and was ineffective in the first-ever World Series, losing both of his starts as the Pirates were defeated by Boston. Leever later went 8–1 for the 1909 Pirates, when they won their first World Series…
An overflow crowd at the Huntington Avenue Grounds in Boston prior to Game 3
The 1903 Pittsburgh Pirates
The 1903 Boston Americans and Pittsburgh Pirates
Jimmy Sebring hit the first home run in World Series history, an inside-the-park home run in Game 1.