# Red Webb

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**Samuel Henry "Red" Webb** (September 25, 1924 – February 7, 1996) was an American professional [baseball](/source/Baseball) player. A 6 ft (1.8 m), 175 lb (79 kg) [right-handed](/source/Right-handed) [pitcher](/source/Pitcher), he appeared in 25 [Major League](/source/Major_League_Baseball) [games](/source/Games_pitched), 22 in [relief](/source/Relief_pitcher), for the – [New York Giants](/source/New_York_Giants_(NL)).

The Washington, D.C., native graduated from [McKinley Tech High School](/source/McKinley_Technology_High_School) and served in the [United States Coast Guard](/source/United_States_Coast_Guard) during World War II.[1] He signed his first pro baseball contract with the Giants' organization and made his debut in 1946. In his first three [minor league](/source/Minor_league_baseball) seasons, he [won](/source/Win_(baseball)) 18, 19 and 18 games in leagues ranging from Class C to [Triple-A](/source/Triple-A_(baseball)).[2]

Called up to the Giants in September 1948, he got into five games, including his only three [starting pitcher](/source/Starting_pitcher) assignments in the Majors. He went 2–1 in those starts, including a [complete game](/source/Complete_game) win over the [National League](/source/National_League_(baseball)) champion [Boston Braves](/source/Boston_Braves_(baseball)) on the season's next-to-last day. He began 1949 in the Giants' bullpen, but was plagued by a sore arm and spent part of the season with the Triple-A [Jersey City Giants](/source/Jersey_City_Giants). On June 1, he recorded his last MLB win, when he relieved starter [Andy Hansen](/source/Andy_Hansen) in the third [inning](/source/Inning_(baseball)) with the [Chicago Cubs](/source/Chicago_Cubs) leading 4–1. Webb allowed only one [unearned run](/source/Unearned_run) over the next 71⁄3 innings as the Giants came back to win, 11–5.[3]

During the 1949–1950 offseason, he was to prove valuable to the Giants one final time when he was included in a blockbuster trade with the Braves on December 14. In that transaction, he accompanied [Sid Gordon](/source/Sid_Gordon), [Buddy Kerr](/source/Buddy_Kerr) and [Willard Marshall](/source/Willard_Marshall) to Boston in exchange for [Alvin Dark](/source/Alvin_Dark) and [Eddie Stanky](/source/Eddie_Stanky). Although the trade was initially seen as lop-sided in Boston's favor, it ultimately swung heavily in the other direction when [shortstop](/source/Shortstop) Dark and [second baseman](/source/Second_baseman) Stanky were key pieces of the [1951 Giants](/source/1951_New_York_Giants_(MLB)_season) who stormed back from a huge mid-August deficit to win the National League [pennant](/source/Pennant_(sports)).

Webb, meanwhile, never appeared in a Boston Braves' uniform and pitched in only one game for the Triple-A [Milwaukee Brewers](/source/Milwaukee_Brewers_(American_Association)) in 1950 before retiring due to arm trouble.[2]

He died in 1996 at the age of 71 in Hyattsville, Maryland.

## References

1. [Baseball in Wartime](http://www.baseballinwartime.com/those_who_served/those_who_served_atoz.htm)

1. [Baseball Reference (minors)](https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=webb--001sam)

1. [Retrosheet](http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1949/B06010NY11949.htm)

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