June 9th, 1969- June 15th, 1969
Top Performers of the Week.
Chicago White Sox RF
Bill Melton was 4 for 5 with 3 RBIs in a 10-4 win over the Indians. The 23 year old is now hitting .312 with 16 HRs and 50 RBIs in 54 games. As a result, Melton was named the AL Player of the Week.
St Louis Cardinals C
Tim McCarver went 3 for 5 with a HR and 3 RBIs in a 15-2 win over the Reds. The 27 year old is now hitting .326 with 3 HRs and 27 RBIs in 56 games. McCarver is a 2 time All Star (1966, 1967)
Los Angeles Dodgers SP
Bill Singer allowed 4 hits and struck out 11 in a complete game 4-0 win over the Phillies. The 25 year old is now 9-3 with a 1.53 ERA in 15 starts.
Cincinnati Reds C
Johnny Bench was named the NL Player of the Week. The 21 year old is now hitting .243 with 8 HRs and 23 RBIs in 51 games. Bench was the 1968 NL Rookie of the Year, as well as a 1968 All Star and 1968 Gold Glover at C.
This Weeks Major Transactions.
Seattle Pilots SP
Steve Barber will miss up to 5 weeks and was placed on the DL. The 31 year old is now 3-5 with a 4.24 ERA in 13 games including 7 starts. Barber is a 2-time All Star (1963, 1966) In 1963 Steve D Barber was 20-13 with a 2.75 ERA in 36 starts for the Orioles.
The New York Yankees have purchased SP
Ken Johnson from the Atlanta Braves. The 36 year old is 2-1 with a 2.91 ERA in 7 games including 2 starts. Johnson is the only MLB player to ever lose a complete game nine inning no hitter.
The Cincinnati Reds have signed recently released Pirates RP
Pedro Ramos. Ramos was 0-0 with a 27.00 ERA in 1 game (1 1P) with the Pirates this season. Ramos was an All Star in 1959 when he went 13-19 with a 4.16 ERA in 35 starts with the Senators.
The Pittsburgh Pirates have traded RP
Ron Kline to the San Francisco Giants in exchange for RP
Joe Gibbon. The 37 year old Kline is 0-0 with 1 save, a 1.69 ERA in 6 games (5 IPs). The 34 year old Gibbon is 2-0 with 3 saves, a 0.00 ERA in 11 games (11 IPs)
The Montreal Expos have traded RF
Manny Mota with SS
Maury Wills to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for 1B
Ron Fairly and 2B
Paul Popovich. The 31 year old Mota is hitting .330 with 0 HRs and 5 RBIs in 50 games for the Expos. The 36 year old Wills is hitting .263 with 0 HRs and 9 RBIs in 49 games for the Expos. Wills was the 1962 NL MVP, a 2 time Gold Glover and 5 time All Star. In 1962 Wills hit .299 with 6 HRs and 48 RBIs in 165 games for the Dodgers, his 10 triples and 104 SBs led the NL. The 30 year old Fairly is hitting .361 with 2 HRs and 14 RBIs in 35 games for the Dodgers. The 28 year old Popovich is hitting .318 with 0 HRs and 5 RBIs in 19 games for the Dodgers.
Wills was the last SS to win the NL MVP until Reds
Barry Larkin did it in 1995. Wills played an extra 3 games in 1962 as a 3 game tie breaker series with the Giants. Late in the season in 1962, Giants manager
Alvin Dark ordered the grounds crew to water down the base-paths in an attempt to slow down Wills.
The Cincinnati Reds have purchased RP
Al Jackson from the New York Mets. The 33 year old is 0-2 with a 4.91 ERA in 10 games (11 IPs). On August 14th, 1962 Jackson pitched a complete game 3-1 loss that took 4 hours and 35 minutes. The longest complete game in terms of playing time in MLB history.
The San Diego Padres have traded CF
Tony Gonzalez to the Atlanta Braves in exchange for C
Walt Hriniak and 2B
Van Kelly. The 32 year old Gonzalez is hitting .263 with 1 HR and 10 RBIs in 55 games for the Padres.
Gonzalez was the first MLB player to wear the pre-molded ear flap on his batting helmet, mostly due because he was regular among the top "hit by pitcher" stat. The 26 year old Hrniak is hitting .000 with 0 HRs and 0 RBIs in 2 games with the Braves. The 23 year old Van Kelly has not played yet this season.
The New York Yankees have traded SS
Tom Tresh to the Detroit Tigers for LF
Ron Woods. The 30 year old Tresh is hitting .168 with 5 HRs and 14 RBIs in 47 games this year with the Yankees.
Tresh was the 1962 AL Rookie of the Year when he hit .286 with 20 HRs and 93 RBIs in 157 games for the Yankees. Tresh is also a 2 time All Star and a 1965 Gold Glover at SS. The 26 year old Woods is hitting .240 with 0 HRs and 3 RBIs in 34 games for the Tigers.
The Montreal Expos have traded 1B
Donn Clendenon to the New York Mets for 3B
Kevin Collins and SP
Steve Renko. The 33 year old Clendenon was hitting .281 with 3 HRs and 12 RBIs in 48 games for the Expos. The 22 year old Collins was hitting .222 with 1 HR and 3 RBIs in 16 games for the Mets. The 24 year old Renko has not made his MLB debut at this time yet. In Real life,
Clendenon was a huge acquistion for the Mets as he was named the 1969 World Series MVP. In college, his school "Morehouse College" assigned Big Brothers to help freshman adjust to college and school life,
Clendenon was assigned a gentleman by the name of
Martin Luther King Jr.
The Montreal Expos have purchased RP
Dick Radatz from the Detroit Tigers. The 32 year old has not pitched in the MLB since 1967. Radatz is a 2-time AL Reliever of the Year (1962, 1964) and 2 time All Star. In 1962 Radatz was 9-6 with 24 saves, a 2.24 ERA in 62 games for the Red Sox. In 1964 he was 16-9 with 29 saves, a 2.29 ERA in 79 games. The "Monster" as he was nicknamed for his 6' 6" frame and a rough ride that he gave
Mickey Mantle in a 1963 game in Fenway Park. Radatz spent the 1968 season with the Tigers AAA team, the Toledo Mud Hens.