Who is Bill Tuttle? A journeyman outfielder who played for the A's ( Kansas City ) and Twins to name a few. He also is a crusader against tobacco, specifically smokeless tobacco. The next time you hear the term "smokeless tobacco", remember the name Bill Tuttle.Joe Garagiola can tell you all about him. Like many professional baseball players, both Tuttle and Garagiola were frequent users of chewing tobacco in the early 1950's. Garagiola quit. Tuttle kept chewing.
Tuttle underwent five operations in which parts of his face and skull were removed and rebuilt. Tuttle eventually lost his ability to talk, but not before becoming one of baseball's most effective anti-smokeless campaigners. He remained passionate about the subject until the very end. A few months before his death in 1998, he scrawled Garagiola a note which read: "Keep up the fight."
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