Browns At Athletcis, June 25, 1947, Dick Fowler, The Kilted Knuckleballer
24 November 2025
Album art features Dick Fowler
Knuckleball pitcher Dick Fowler spent his entire career in the Majors with the Philadelphia Athletics. During the Second World War, he enlisted at the age of 22 and served three years with Canada’s 48th Light Highlanders, known as "The Ladies from Hell" thanks to wearing kilts on the battlefield.
His first start on returning from service saw him face the St Louis Browns and hurl a no-hitter, the first Canadian to do so.
Fowler is on the mound to face the Browns once more in today’s game.
The Philadelphia Athletics are sitting in third place in the American League. Managed by 84-year-old legend Connie Mack, the Athletics are coming off 14 years without a winning record. Can the old-school tactic of manufacturing runs with small-ball batting and pitching bring back the glory years?
They face a team fighting to escape a slump. The St Louis Browns have lost eight of their last ten games, but took the first game in this two-game series by 12 runs to 3. On the mound is Fred Sandford, who’s looking to find confidence in his fastball.
Ewan Spence and the Classic Baseball Radio team bring you this recreated radio broadcast from 1947.
You can find the boxscore here.
This game was played on June 25, 1947.