Name: Spurgeon Ferdinand "Spud" Chandler
Position: Pitcher
Born: September 12, 1907 (Commerce, GA)
Died: January 9, 1990 (South Pasadena, FL)
Yankee Years: 1937-47
Primary number: 21
Yankee statistics: 109-43, 2.84 ERA, 3.30 FIP, 211 G, 184 GS, 1,485 IP, 614 K, 109 CG, 26 SHO, 73 ERA-, 88 FIP-, 23.2 rWAR, 24.7 fWAR
The wait for something long-anticipated can be painful. Often, it won't end up truly being comparable to the time invested. For Spud Chandler though, his Yankees career turned out to be well worth the wait.