Earl Whitehill
Profile Earl Whitehill was born in Cedar Rapids and grew up to be a major league pitcher with Detroit, Washington, Cleveland and Chicago. Earl won 218 games throughout the 20s and 30s* and was often amongst the tops league in wins, games started, and hit batters**. * The decades 1920s and 1930s, or his twenties and thirties? Both, as Whitehill was born in 1900! ** Whitehill knocked Lou Gehrig unconscious during his games streak. Gehrig finished the game Personal Notes Earl Whitehill's Wikipedia page mentions that he had a celebrity marriage to Violet Geissinger. So what constitutes a celebrity marriage in the 1920s? In 2020, its pretty fluid, I mean you could have a celebrity marriage between YouTube stars now. Well, Violet was the The Sun-Maid Raisin Girl. Collection Notes I have 1/25 (4%) cards in my collection.