CLEVELAND (AP) -- Former Cleveland Indians pitcher and broadcaster Herb Score has passed away at the age of 75.
Score pitched for the Indians from 1955-59. He was the American League Rookie of the Year in 1955 after going 16-and-10. He went 20-9 in 1956 and twice made the All-Star team.
However, Score's career took a sad and nearly tragic turn when Gil McDougald of the New York Yankees lined a ball off Score's right eye in May of 1957, breaking his nose and a number of bones in his face. Score regained his vision but was never the same player.
He went on to become the "Voice of the Indians" for a 34-year run from 1963-97.
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