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Subscribe to our NewsletterThis Date in Baseball Feb 10th - Spit ball Outlawed!
| 1920 | The spitball, shineball, and emeryball are outlawed by the American and National League Joint Rules Committee. Seventeen pitchers, including Burleigh Grimes, who will be the last player to legally throw a doctored pitch, are allowed to keep throwing the banned pitches until they retired. |
