Victor John Angelo Raschi was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. Nicknamed "the Springfield Rifle", he was one of the top pitchers for the New York Yankees in the late 1940s and early 1950s, forming the "Big Three" of the Yankees' pitching staff. He also pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Kansas City Athletics.
Raschi in 1953
1949 Bowman card of Raschi with the Yankees
1951 Bowman card of Raschi with the Yankees
1955 Bowman card of Raschi with the Cardinals
Allie Pierce Reynolds was an American professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). Reynolds pitched in MLB for the Cleveland Indians (1942–1946) and New York Yankees (1947–1954). A member of the Creek nation, Reynolds was nicknamed "Superchief".
Reynolds, c. 1953
Reynolds (right) with the New York Yankees shaking hands with Harry S. Truman before Opening Day at Griffith Stadium in 1947
Reynolds, circa 1951
Allie P. Reynolds Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma, home of the Oklahoma State Cowboys