Before Eppa Rixey heard of his election to the Baseball Hall of Fame in January 1963, his 10-year-old grandson Eppa Rixey IV answered the phone call that delivered the news. Without ever playing a day in the minors, Rixey went from the University of Virginia to pitch for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1912-1917 and again from 1919-1920 after serving in World War I.