Gene Fodge

Gene Arlan "Suds" Fodge (July 9, 1931 – October 27, 2010) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Chicago Cubs during the 1958 season.

[2][3] Following his discharge, Fodge returned to play in 1954 and posted a 5–4 record with a 3.99 ERA in 29 games for Class-A Des Moines Bruins.

[4] In 1957 Fodge pitched Double-A ball with the Fort Worth Cats, Memphis Chickasaws and Portland Beavers, going to a combined 8–14 with a 4.30 ERA in 34 games (22 starts).

He compiled a 1–1 record with a 4.76 ERA in 16 games (one start), giving up 22 runs (21 earned) on 47 hits and 11 walks while striking out 15 in 39⅔ innings of work.

His only major league victory came at the expense of the Los Angeles Dodgers, pitching a complete game in a Cubs 15–2 beating at LA Memorial Coliseum, where Dodgers pitchers Don Drysdale, Roger Craig, Ron Negray and Sandy Koufax were unable to hold the visitors in hand.