The right-hander pitched in Birmingham from 1914-1916 and later became one of the last legal spitball pitchers in the majors.

Jack Chesbro, a spitball pitcher from 1899 to 1909, winning 198 games.

But umpires have seldom cracked down on suspected spitball pitchers.

In an era filled with spitball pitchers, Joss achieved his success without ever altering the baseball.

Mays was a notorious spitball pitcher; this pitch was legal at the time of the Chapman incident.

Grimes lasted the longest, too, calling it a career in 1934, the year the pool of legal spitball pitchers dried up.

Mitchell also has the distinction of being the last legal lefthanded spitball pitcher.

He was a spitball pitcher who was allowed to throw the pitch after it was banned following the 1920 season.

As a current spitball pitcher, Coveleski was grandfathered in, and was allowed to continue using the pitch until his retirement.

(The name is apparently a tribute to the famous spitball pitcher of history.)