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Same for Royle Stillman, another Orioles farmhand who went on to the White Sox in 1977.

Stillman may confuse future historians. He appears as the starting shortstop in a series of seven Orioles games in September, 1975. This was Earl Weaver innovating at the expense of roster expansion (and adapting a maneuver used to keep Lou Gehrig's streak at least once). Stillman would be listed as the shortstop and lead off or second hitter. He'd get his ups, and then in the bottom of the first, light-hitting Mark Belanger would "take over" for him at short.