The Meal Ticket

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The Meal Ticket was the nickname of Carl Hubbell, a Hall of Fame left-handed pitcher famed for his dominant screwball and long tenure with the New York Giants in Major League Baseball.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hall of Famer
Major League Baseball pitcher
baseball player
person
allStarSelection 9
bats left-handed
battingHand left
birthDate 1903-06-22
birthPlace Carthage, Missouri, United States NERFINISHED
careerCompleteGames 260
careerEarnedRunAverage 2.98
careerInningsPitched 3590.1
careerShutouts 36
careerStrikeouts 1677
careerWinLossRecord 253–154
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1988-11-21
era pre-World War II baseball era
familyName Hubbell NERFINISHED
finalMLBGameDate 1943-09-24
givenName Carl NERFINISHED
hallOfFame National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
hallOfFameInductionYear 1947
hallOfFameVotePercentage 87.0
hallOfFameVotingBody Baseball Writers' Association of America NERFINISHED
knownFor dominant screwball
long tenure with the New York Giants
league Major League Baseball
memberOf New York Giants Hall of Fame NERFINISHED
MLBDebutDate 1928-07-26
MLBDebutLeague National League NERFINISHED
MLBDebutTeam New York Giants NERFINISHED
mostValuablePlayerAward National League MVP 1933 NERFINISHED
National League MVP 1936
nickname King Carl NERFINISHED
The Meal Ticket NERFINISHED
notableGame 1934 All-Star Game consecutive strikeouts of five future Hall of Famers
occupation professional baseball player
pitchedForSingleFranchise true
position pitcher
primaryPitch screwball GENERATED
realName Carl Hubbell NERFINISHED
retiredUniformNumber New York Giants number 11
team New York Giants NERFINISHED
throwingHand left
throws left-handed
throwsScrewballWith left arm
worldSeriesChampion 1933

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Carl Hubbell nickname The Meal Ticket