[quote]Originally posted by Killebrew:
Okay, another request from me 
... how about the Yankee flamethrower with the coke bottle glasses Ryen Duren (spelling could be wrong), negro league star and MLB pitcher in his later years Satchel Paige, and highly touted 60's bonus babies Rich Reichardt (Angels) and Bob Bailey (Pirates).
Now we are back into the era of my league I enjoyed the most 1950-70
RYNE DUREN
Duren never became a Yankee in the HOB since he began his career with the Browns. He was a decent reliever for the Orioles and helped them win 3 straight World Championships from 1960-62. In the 3 World Series he pitched a total of 4 scoreless innings (Orioles starters went the distance a lot at that time), won 1 game and saved 2 others including Game 7 of the 1962 series.
CAREER STATS :
YEAR ERA W L S G CG SHO IP ER BB K TEAMS
1954 2.59 1 2 16 27 0 0 31.1 9 21 36 SLA,A
1955 2.45 6 0 11 23 0 0 29.1 8 15 33 BAL,A
1956 4.56 4 5 10 22 0 0 23.2 12 20 25 BAL,A
1957 1.53 6 3 11 24 0 0 29.1 5 23 30 BAL
1958 2.25 4 2 14 28 0 0 32.0 8 21 26 BAL,A
1959 2.27 4 4 15 30 0 0 31.2 8 15 34 BAL
1960 1.83 4 1 19 36 0 0 39.1 8 31 44 BAL
1961 5.29 5 5 17 32 0 0 34.0 20 28 41 BAL
1962 3.22 6 7 49 77 0 0 78.1 28 46 101 BAL
1963 3.61 8 8 40 79 0 0 87.1 35 71 108 BAL
1964 2.43 4 7 35 64 0 0 70.1 19 36 85 BAL
1965 6.46 0 0 4 17 0 0 15.1 11 19 18 BAL
HOB REAL LIFE
Total ERA : 3.07 3.83
Total Wins : 52 27
Total Losses: 44 44
Total Saves : 241 57
Total SHO : 0 1
Total CG : 0 2
Total K's : 581 630
Total BB's : 346 392
SATCHEL PAIGE
Paige was 42 when he made his debut and was retired at the end of that season. In hindsight I likely should have lowered his age a bit so he could pitch a few seasons since in real life he pitched until he was 46. (He also pitched one game for the KC A's in 1965 at the age of 58 but that was likely a Charlie O'Finley publicity stunt like playing Campy at every position)
CAREER STATS :
YEAR ERA W L S G CG SHO IP ER BB K TEAMS
1948 3.00 0 0 0 8 0 0 9.0 3 5 5 CLE
HOB REAL LIFE
Total ERA : 3.00 3.29
Total Wins : 0 28
Total Losses: 0 31
Total Saves : 0 4
Total SHO : 0 7
Total CG : 0 26
Total K's : 5 290
Total BB's : 5 183
RICK REICHARDT
Was having an average career for the Angels until they traded for Mickey Stanley late in 1969. Reichardt lost his job with the arrival of Stanley and rookie Mickey Rivers the following season. He saw limited major league action after that but overall his career mirrored his real life numbers quite well.
CAREER STATS :
YEAR AVG HR RBI G AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG TEAMS
1964 .216 10 64 144 523 113 22 1 57 1 1 28 126 .256 .319 LAA
1965 .209 16 53 149 537 112 21 0 54 8 1 35 116 .257 .337 LAA
1966 .237 13 64 146 518 123 17 2 58 4 2 41 117 .293 .353 CAL
1967 .225 14 61 142 503 113 18 1 55 7 4 29 109 .267 .348 CAL
1968 .272 18 77 160 548 149 12 1 65 1 6 41 134 .323 .396 CAL
1969 .263 6 23 108 160 42 8 0 20 2 1 13 32 .318 .425 CAL
1970 .167 0 1 11 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 CAL
1971 .300 1 4 23 30 9 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 .300 .400 CAL
1972 .182 1 5 25 55 10 1 0 6 1 1 1 19 .196 .255 CAL
1973 .265 2 17 50 136 36 7 0 15 1 2 7 30 .301 .360 CAL
1974 .268 7 18 50 123 33 3 0 22 2 2 6 26 .302 .463 CAL
1975 .242 11 54 127 396 96 12 1 52 3 7 32 75 .299 .361 CAL
1976 .278 2 3 19 18 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 .278 .611 CAL
1977 1.00 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.00 1.00 CAL
1978 .224 11 45 106 361 81 8 2 38 4 2 23 76 .271 .349 CAL
1979 .000 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 CAL
HOB REAL LIFE
Total AB : 3916 3307
Total AVG : .236 .261
Total Hits: 924 864
Total HR : 112 116
Total RBI : 489 445
Total Runs: 450 391
Total SB : 35 40
BOB BAILEY
A personal favorite of mine from his days with the Expos, Bailey enjoyed some decent years in the HOB, partiuclarily in 1971. However, there always seemed to be someone better to take his job. Right around the time he was ready to repalce Gene Freese as the Pirates third baseman Richie Hebner came along. The arrival of Hebner in 1968 pretty much ended Bailey's chances of ever becoming the Pirates third baseman. He was dealt to Atlanta in 1969 for pitcher Bob Sadowski. In 1971 Darrell Evans hit his prime so it was time for Bailey to leave Atlanta. In May of 1971 he was dealt to San Diego for OF Alex Johnson. But by 1974 another young third baseman, Bill Sudakis, had taken his job. He was dealt to the Cubs with SS Hector Torres for Dave Kingman, where he finished his career.
Bailey missed the Cubs World Series year of 1973 by one season so the closest he got to playoff action was going 0-for-2 in a 1 game playoff to decide the NL East in 1981.
CAREER STATS :
YEAR AVG HR RBI G AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG TEAMS
1962 .303 1 5 15 33 10 2 0 4 0 0 1 5 .324 .455 PIT
1963 .364 2 6 13 11 4 0 0 4 1 0 3 3 .500 .909 PIT
1964 .333 0 0 2 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 PIT
1965 .438 0 2 15 16 7 3 0 3 0 0 2 2 .500 .625 PIT
1967 .320 1 5 7 25 8 1 0 2 0 1 1 6 .346 .480 PIT
1968 .237 4 19 62 194 46 11 2 22 2 1 22 42 .315 .376 PIT,ATL
1969 .297 7 53 157 536 159 15 0 70 10 4 53 123 .360 .364 ATL
1970 .254 3 44 157 520 132 15 2 45 3 6 63 93 .334 .308 ATL
1971 .316 12 68 150 494 156 23 0 69 6 8 54 111 .383 .435 ATL,SDN
1972 .262 9 68 160 564 148 25 1 82 7 6 94 120 .368 .358 SDN
1973 .278 9 43 128 324 90 17 0 44 6 4 55 63 .383 .414 SDN
1974 .268 11 65 156 553 148 22 0 75 6 7 81 116 .361 .367 SDN,CHN
1975 .294 11 57 158 548 161 31 2 75 11 10 88 98 .392 .418 CHN
1976 .285 11 74 156 537 153 15 2 68 4 9 96 89 .393 .382 CHN
1977 .257 3 56 160 560 144 29 2 67 15 9 88 88 .358 .332 CHN
1978 .264 9 54 155 531 140 24 2 60 7 9 78 93 .358 .367 CHN
1979 .291 4 47 122 251 73 11 2 29 4 4 34 43 .375 .398 CHN
1980 .293 6 57 150 468 137 21 1 51 13 5 51 77 .362 .380 CHN
1981 .278 9 70 159 546 152 22 1 51 8 10 58 76 .348 .372 CHN
1982 .250 10 61 158 533 133 14 0 60 4 5 64 81 .330 .332 CHN
1983 .177 2 9 41 124 22 0 0 6 2 1 12 17 .250 .226 CHN
HOB REAL LIFE
Total AB : 7374 6082
Total AVG : .275 .257
Total Hits: 2025 1564
Total HR : 124 189
Total RBI : 863 773
Total Runs: 887 772
Total SB : 109 85