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The Winning Team
The Winning Team is a 1952 American biographical film starring Ronald Reagan and Doris Day, and directed by Lewis Seiler. It is a fictionalized biography of the life of major league pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander.
It includes Alexander's heroic performance in three games in the 1926 World Series against the New York Yankees, where the seventh inning strikeout of Tony Lazzeri is used as the game-ending, Series-winning pitch.
The film earned an estimated $1.7 million at the North American box office in 1952.
Grover Cleveland Alexander (Ronald Reagan) is working as a telephone lineman in Elba, Nebraska. While Alex is speaking with his boss, a man comes along and tells them that there is an exhibition baseball game between some local farmers and a minor league baseball team. Alex runs straight there.
Meanwhile, his fiancée Aimee (Doris Day) is talking with her father, who doesn't have the best opinion of Alex because he is more interested in baseball than in farming. He is worried about his daughter's future.
The game between the farmers and the team is a betting place. Many come to see this game and they know that with Alex pitching they can't lose. Alex strikes out everyone in this game. When he wins the game he returns home.
Aimee is at home waiting for Alex. Her father offers to put a down payment on a farm for her. After a small argument, Aimee switches to her father's side and promises that Alex will not play baseball.
Alex and Aimee attend a church meeting where an invited guest is to show film shots of his recent journey to Norway. As he begins to speak, the noise of a backfiring automobile is heard. The driver opens the door to the church and announces that he is looking for Alex. He finally sees Alex and asks him to come outside with him, where he asks Alex if he can really pitch like he did at the earlier game or was it a fluke. Alex learns he is the manager of the team he beat, and throws some pitches to him. Aimee is inside, listening to the presentation, which is now interrupted by the sound of a ball hitting a glove over and over. Alex is offered $100 a month if he will consider playing for his team. Alex agrees to play and is shown playing baseball with the new team, the Galesburg Boosters. He regularly sends home a baseball card with his picture along with money so he can buy the farm for him and his fiancée.
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The Winning Team
The Winning Team is a 1952 American biographical film starring Ronald Reagan and Doris Day, and directed by Lewis Seiler. It is a fictionalized biography of the life of major league pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander.
It includes Alexander's heroic performance in three games in the 1926 World Series against the New York Yankees, where the seventh inning strikeout of Tony Lazzeri is used as the game-ending, Series-winning pitch.
The film earned an estimated $1.7 million at the North American box office in 1952.
Grover Cleveland Alexander (Ronald Reagan) is working as a telephone lineman in Elba, Nebraska. While Alex is speaking with his boss, a man comes along and tells them that there is an exhibition baseball game between some local farmers and a minor league baseball team. Alex runs straight there.
Meanwhile, his fiancée Aimee (Doris Day) is talking with her father, who doesn't have the best opinion of Alex because he is more interested in baseball than in farming. He is worried about his daughter's future.
The game between the farmers and the team is a betting place. Many come to see this game and they know that with Alex pitching they can't lose. Alex strikes out everyone in this game. When he wins the game he returns home.
Aimee is at home waiting for Alex. Her father offers to put a down payment on a farm for her. After a small argument, Aimee switches to her father's side and promises that Alex will not play baseball.
Alex and Aimee attend a church meeting where an invited guest is to show film shots of his recent journey to Norway. As he begins to speak, the noise of a backfiring automobile is heard. The driver opens the door to the church and announces that he is looking for Alex. He finally sees Alex and asks him to come outside with him, where he asks Alex if he can really pitch like he did at the earlier game or was it a fluke. Alex learns he is the manager of the team he beat, and throws some pitches to him. Aimee is inside, listening to the presentation, which is now interrupted by the sound of a ball hitting a glove over and over. Alex is offered $100 a month if he will consider playing for his team. Alex agrees to play and is shown playing baseball with the new team, the Galesburg Boosters. He regularly sends home a baseball card with his picture along with money so he can buy the farm for him and his fiancée.