I'm going to try this and see how it goes. I'll pick a player I know something interesting about, look him up on Wikipedia, and see if there's enough other interesting info for a post.
What I Knew: Dude has a surgery named after him.
His MLB Career: September 1963 - May 1989. 288 - 231, 3.34 ERA. Four-time All-Star.
Wiki Info:
- He was his high school's valedictorian, but did not deliver a speech due to a stuttering problem.
- Set the Terra Haute, Indiana record for points in a game in high school basketball and was recruited by Kentucky.
- Pitched for the losing team in three Dodgers - Yankees World Series.
- His dentist was Mark McGwire's father.
- The oldest player in MLB in 1988 and 1989.
- His son, Travis, fell from a third-floor window and was in a coma for 17 days before fully recovering.
- His son, Taylor, was in the Broadway production of Les Miserables.
- His daughter, Tamara, married Chicago Bears long snapper Patrick Mannelly.
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| 1964 Topps |
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| 1966 Topps |
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| 1976 Topps |
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| 1982 Donruss (with Ron Guidry) |
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| 1984 Topps |
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| 1986 Fleer |
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| 1988 Donruss |
That card at the top? His Topps card from 1975, which he missed entirely while rehabbing after his famous surgery.
Hard to believe that he was older than Phil Niekro in '88 and '89, I always thought that Phil was oldest active player during that era.
ReplyDeleteNiekro didn't play after 1987.
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