Pope batted .294 as an extra with the 1954 AL Champion Indians. In the 1954 World Series opener, Pope made a futile leap at pinch-hitter Dusty Rhodes’s 260-foot 10th-inning game-winner, which barely cleared the Polo Grounds short right field fence.
Pope batted .294 as an extra with the 1954 AL Champion Indians. In the 1954 World Series opener, Pope made a futile leap at pinch-hitter Dusty Rhodes’s 260-foot 10th-inning game-winner, which barely cleared the Polo Grounds short right field fence.
