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Jerry Zimmerman, catcher, Cincinnati-NL (1961); Minnesota-AL (1962-68). Not much of a hitter--his career average was only .204--but he did get two World Series appearances, with Cincinnati in '61 and Minnesota in '65.
Mike Andrews - 2nd baseman with the Red Sox & White Sox. Played 18 games with the '73 A's and got a World Series Ring, but it wasn't quite as simple as it sounds. Enter Charles O. Finley...
From Wikipedia: During the 1973 World Series against the Mets, Andrews committed two errors, after which eccentric Oakland team owner Charlie Finley forced him to sign a false affidavit saying he was disabled, thus making him ineligible to play for the rest of the Series. Andrews' teammates, manager Dick Williams and virtually the entire viewing public rallied to Andrews's defense. Finally, commissioner Bowie Kuhn forced Finley to reinstate Andrews for Game 4. He entered Game 4 in the eighth inning as a pinch-hitter to a standing ovation from sympathetic Mets fans. He promptly grounded out, and Finley ordered him benched for the remainder of the Series. Andrews never played another Major League game. Williams was so disgusted by the affair that he announced he was resigning at the end of the Series, which the A's won.
Great stuff SP! I had forgotten about that instance! Yep, Charlie Finley was way out there!
Jim Bouton, pitcher. Was with the Yankees for 7 seasons, then with Seattle and Houston in 1969. As an author, he blew the cork off with his book "Ball Four." Unretired in the late 70's and pitched a few games with the Atlanta Braves, who were owned by another eccentric-Ted Turner!....
Don Baylor - Left Fielder & DH for the O's, Angels, Yankees, Red Sox and others. Also managed the Rockies for 6 seasons. I believe he holds the record for most times hit by a pitch. (267) If you ever saw him at bat, many of those HBPs appeared to be avoidable, but he would just kinda turn his shoulder and take a glancing blow. Great RBI man too.
Spurgeon F. "Spud" Chandler, pitcher, New York-AL (1937-47). 109 wins in eleven full major league seasons, with 20 in both 1943 and 1946. He also had the lowest ERA (1.64) in the AL for the 1943 season--which may just be unfair, since he was pitching against a lot of those substandard "wartime" players.
James "Jumbo" Elliott, pitcher (1923-34) with five different teams. His longest stretch was 1925-30 with the Brooklyn Dodgers. 63-74 career record, and his best season was 1931, when he went 19-14 with the Phillies.
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