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“We have lost one of the greatest men in the history of our franchise.

He was one of the best, the Indians are lucky to have his voice attached to their games for all of those years.

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The solidly built left-hander had a blazing fastball, and Herb Score set a rookie record of 245 strikeouts in 1955, a total he topped the next year.

Herb Score was pure class. Plain Dealer file photo Herb Score of the Cleveland Indians celebrates after beating the Chicago White Sox on April 23, 195 The three fingers on his right hand represented the three hits he allowed; the two fingers on his left hand represented his second win after returning from the injury he suffered in 195

Herb Score was born on Wednesday, June 7, 1933, in Rosedale, New York.

“People like him,” Dolgan said.

CLEVELAND - Former Cleveland Indians pitcher and the team’s long time broadcaster Herb Score has died at the age of 7 Herb was a very dear friend of mine.”

You’ve been very good to me.

Indians infielder Buddy Bell made a classic quote on Score in 197 “Herb is such a nice guy he probably makes his bed in his hotel room in the morning,” Bell said.

My earliest memories of Tribe baseball are summer days with Herb Score’s voice on the radio.

Score pitched the full 1959 season, going 9-11 with a 71 ERA and 147 strikeouts. After retiring, Score served as an announcer on the Indians television broadcast from 1964 - 1967, and joined the radio broadcast, serving from 1968 - 199 Score was revered by fans for his announcing style, including a low voice and a low-key style, as well as a habit of occasionally mispronouncing the names of players on opposing teams.

Score was traded to the Chicago White Sox after the season, and pitched parts of the subsequent three seasons before retiring.

Score was named to Cleveland’s 100th anniversary team in 200 He was inducted into the Indians Hall of Fame in 200 From the outset, Score showed as much promise as the three future Hall of Famers - Bob Lemon, Early Wynn, and Feller - he joined on the Cleveland staff. The Indians reportedly refused an offer of $1 million for Score from the Red Sox early in 195 During his 1955 rookie year, Score recorded 245 strikeouts, a rookie record that stood until 1984 when it was broken by the New York Mets Dwight Gooden.

“Line drive, base hit, the game is over,” Score said, summing up Edgar Renteria’s series-winning hit off Charles Nagy.

Score’s personal sendoff was brief, too.

Score jogged about four miles a day, five times a week.

After a few months, the Indians said Score would be out the rest of the year.

The Plain Dealer said listening to Score was like listening to an old friend.

Score remained surprisingly calm.

In spring training of 1957, the Boston Red Sox offered to buy Score for $1 million, an astronomical sum at a time when entire ball clubs were being sold for $4 million.

McDougald, the second batter of the game, reached for a low pitch and lined it back at Score.

To Score, the games were everything.

Score’s youngest daughter, Susan, who had Down Syndrome, died in 1994 of heart problems.

Interestingly, the similarity scores similarity scores method shows, as one of the most similar pitchers to Score, Cy Seymour Cy Seymour, the player who was a 19th century pitcher for several years before becoming a position player in the 20th century for much longer.

With all due respect to Herb and his family, one of my favorite Herb “call of the game” bloopers was a game against Boston I think back in the 90s.

I can’t remember if Albert Belle was at the plate or in the outfield, but a ball was hit to left field and Herb said the ball was caught for the third out in the inning.

From then on, there was constant newspaper speculation on Score’s possible return to pitching. One can only speculate about the kind of career he might have put together had his fortunes not been irreversibly altered on May 7, 195

As AL champions in 1954, the Indians used a starting rotation comprised exclusively of righthanders, three of whom, Bob Feller, Bob Lemon, and Early Wynn, would become Hall of Famers.