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Compton calls it quits on career
Former Brewer (twice) Mark Compton has announced that this season is his last as a professional ballplayer.
Compton was one of the original Brewers and up until very recently held the team's single season HR record at 39 (Jamison Bash eclipsed him with his 40th in the past week). Compton's best years in the WPK, other than 1965 when in a Brewers uniform, came as a member of the Los Angeles Spinners. As a Spinner he lead the league twice in HR's and once in RBI. In his prime he was a solid rightfielder with a very strong arm. He was also known for his great eye and ability to draw at walk at the plate, though he also was prone to striking out at a pretty prodigious clip, leading the league in whiffs three straight years. In fact, his 176 strikeouts in 1968 is still the league's single season record for a batter. Although he will finish his career with a very poor career batting average (currently .216 lifetime with a handful of games remaining), he is tied for 5th best HR total in the WPK at 205. (Jamison Bash is 4th at 217.)
He was an All-Star in 1967 and won a silver slugger at rightfield in 1968. And, in his second stint with the Brewers, he finally got a World Series ring in 1970.
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