It's the little things in life that matter. Like the blurry be-stirruped Twin that is loitering in the background near the dugout. Who could it be? All I can say for sure is that it ain't Earl Battey.
-Camilo (aka "Little Potato") was originally from Havana, Cuba. He signed with the Senators in 1952 as an 18-year-old.
-Camilo made his major league debut in 1954, but struggled with control for his first four seasons and went 20-54 with a 5.10 ERA in that span.
-Pascual made his first All-Star team in 1959, and would go on to receive the honor in five seasons during a six-year period. That year he posted his first winning record (17-10) and led the league with 17 complete games and six shutouts, leading to a tidy 2.64 ERA. He would have two more complete game crowns and two more shutout crowns by the middle of the 1960s.
-On July 19, 1961, he tied a career high by striking out 15 Angels in a five-hit shutout, as the Twins won 6-0. It was one of five games that year in which he whiffed ten or more hitters.
-On July 19, 1961, he tied a career high by striking out 15 Angels in a five-hit shutout, as the Twins won 6-0. It was one of five games that year in which he whiffed ten or more hitters.
-After spending 13 years pitching for the Washington/Minnesota franchise, he was traded to...the second Senators franchise, where he spent his last two years as a full-time starter before rounding out his career with pit stops in Cincinnati, Los Angeles, and Cleveland.
-Camilo coached for the Twins (1978-1980).
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ReplyDeleteWhy do some of the cards include both minor and major league stats and other only the majors? Is it because there is no room for the minor leagues for guys that have been up for a while?
ReplyDeleteAlso, have you noticed that a lot of these men died at a relatively young age?
Max - Whoever did the art for these cards was woefully underpaid.
ReplyDeleteMarc - Yes, in most cases the super-veterans don't have room for minor league stats. As far as the mortality rates of the players, in a 600-card set, you're probably getting a representative cross-section of humanity. I suspect that there are just as many who lived long lives. But who knows?
When you consider the percentage of ballplayers in the 60's who smoked and drank heavily, it should not be TOO much of a surprise that the number of these guys who died relatively early is probably very high - just note how many died of with either cancer or heart ailments...
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