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Post Season Transactions December 1969.
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The New York Mets have traded CF Amos Otis and SP Bob Johnson to the Kansas City Royals for Joe Foy. The 22 year old Otis hit .197 with 1 HR and 12 RBIs in 75 games for the Mets. The Braves tried trading for Otis for Joe Torre, but the Mets refused. Otis clashed with manager Gil Hodges and the trade to the Royals was made. The 26 year old Johnson was 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA in 3 games (5 IPs) for the Mets. The 26 year old Foy hit .221 with 5 HRs and 57 RBIs in 156 games for the Royals. Foy had a solid start to his career hitting .262 with 97 runs scored in 1966 for the Red Sox. As the MLB pitching improved, Foy's hitting fell off. The Royals can look back at this being one of their best trades ever.

The Oakland Athletics have traded SP Jim Nash to the Atlanta Braves in exchange for RF Felipe Alou. The 24 year old was 7-4 with 1 save, a 2.60 ERA in 17 games including 16 starts for the Braves. In his rookie season with the Athetics in Kansas City during the 1966 season, he was 12-1 with a 2.06 ERA in 127 IPs. He was considered part of the Athletics "kiddie corp" that also included Catfish Hunter and Blue Moon Odom. The 34 year old Alou hit .300 with 7 HRs and 36 RBIs in 127 games for the Braves. Alou who was actually born "Rojas" when the scout that signed Felipe mistakened the last name. Felipe was later joined by his brothers Matty and Jesus. The three brothers former the complete OF for the Giants in a game on September 15th, 1963.

The Detroit Tigers have traded RP Pat Dobson and 2B Dave Campbell to the San Diego Padres for Joe Niekro. The 27 year old Dobson was 6-4 with 2 saves and a 4.31 ERA in 38 games including 9 starts for the Tigers in 1969. A World Series ring winner in 1968 with the Tigers, Dobson could not find a regular spot in the Tiger rotation so was traded to the Padres. The 27 year old Campbell hit .279 with 1 HR and 4 RBIs in 48 games for the Tigers. The 25 year old Niekro was 7-17 with a 4.08 ERA in 33 starts for the Cubs (2) and Padres (31). Niekro will go on to be one of the best knuckle-ball pitchers along with his older brother Phil.

The Seattle Pilots have traded SP George Brunet to the Washington Senators for RP Dave Baldwin. The 34 year old Brunet was 10-15 with a 3.19 ERA in 28 starts for the Angels (17) and Pilots (11). Brunet made his MLB debut on September 14th, 1956 with the Athletics against the Red Sox facing Ted Williams with the bases load.... he induced Williams into a double play. The 31 year old Baldwin was 4-2 with 4 saves, a 4.79 ERA in 29 games for the Senators.

The Houston Astros have traded RF Curt Blefary to the New York Yankees for Joe Pepitone. The 26 year old Blefary hit .253 with 26 HRs and 100 RBIs in 158 games for the Astros. Blefary was the 1965 AL Rookie of the Year hitting .260 with 22 HRs and 70 RBIs for the Orioles. He won a World Series with the Orioles in 1966. Nicknamed "Clank" for his below average fielding abilities, the Orioles tried him in all sorts of positions to keep his bat in the line-up. Blefary actually played catcher during SP Tom Phoebus's 1968 No hitter. The 29 year old Pepitone hit .278 with 30 HRs and 84 RBIs in 150 games for the Yankees. The 1969 World Series MVP, it is legend that Pepitone spent his 1962 signing bonus ($25,000) which is the equivalent of over $200,000 today before he arrived to spring training. It was rumoured that Pepitone always carried hair products and a toupee for his balding head.

The St Louis Cardinals have sold RP Mudcat Grant to the Oakland Athletics. The 34 year old was 3-13 with 2 saves, a 7.90 ERA in 42 games including 13 starts with the Expos (10) and Cardinals (3). Grant hit a 3 run HR in game 6 of the 1965 World Series, and later became the Montreal Expos first ever starting pitcher in 1969.

The Oakland Athletics have traded 1B Danny Cater and 2B Ossie Chavarria to the New York Yankees for SP Al Downing and C Frank Fernandez. The 29 year old Cater hit .292 with 6 HRs and 66 RBIs in 150 games for the Athletics. Cater, not exactly a speedster had a trouble not hitting into double plays, from 1965 to 1972 he finished in the top ten 6 times in 8 years. The 29 year old Chavarria did not play in the MLB in 1969 for the A's, he last played in 1967 when he played 38 games for the Athletics. The 28 year old Downing was 10-7 with a 3.04 ERA in 26 games for the Yankees including 19 starts. Downing in real life was known for giving up Hank Aaron's 715th HR in 1974. The 26 year old Fernandez hit .196 with 17 HRs and 38 RBIs in 101 games for the Yankees. Fernandez became expendable with the emergence of Thurmon Munson.

The Seattle Pilots have traded RP Diego Segui and 1B Ray Oyler to the Oakland Athletics in exchange for 2B Ted Kubiak and SP George Lauzerique. The 32 year old Segui was 7-7 with 7 saves, a 4.54 ERA in 58 games including 8 starts for the Pilots. Segui will go onto be a Seattle Mariner and having pitched with each Seattle team in their first ever games. The 31 year old Oyler hit .175 with 5 HRs and 17 RBIs in 128 games with the Pilots. The 27 year old Kubiak hit .191 with 2 HRs and 21 RBIs in 90 games for the Athletics. The 22 year old Lauzerique was 2-1 with a 2.68 ERA in 8 games including 5 starts for the Athletics.

The Minnesota Twins have traded SP Dean Chance, RP Bob Miller, 3B Graig Nettles and CF Ted Uhlaender to the Cleveland Indians for SP Luis Tiant and RP Stan Williams. The 28 year old Chance was 10-7 with 3 saves, a 3.20 ERA in 41 games including 15 starts. Chance's unusual wind up when he would turn his back fully to the catcher sometimes made him a little wild. Chance at the time was the youngest player to win the Cy Young Award in 1964. The 30 year old Miller was 4-10 with 2 saves, a 5.44 ERA in 37 games including 11 starts for the Twins. Miller was 2-time World Champ with the Dodgers in 1963 and 1965. The 25 year old Nettles hit .237 with 11 HRs and 35 RBIs in 137 games for the Twins. Nettles in real life has a break out season in 1970 making this a lopsided trade. The 30 year old Uhlaender hit .283 with 18 HRs and 60 RBIs in 137 games for the Twins. The 29 year old Tiant was 17-18 with a 3.38 ERA in 39 games including 37 starts for the Indians. At age 21, Tiant's contract was purchased by the Indians from his Cuban team the Havana Sugar Kings. Because of tensions between Cuba and the US, Tiant did not see his parents for 14 years as he was unable to get back to Cuba. Tiant changed his pitching wind up as a result of a shoulder blade injury, where he would face 2nd base for most of his wind up. 1969 was an injury plagued season for Tiant and resulted in this trade. The 33 year old Williams was 4-10 with 15 saves, a 4.42 ERA in 48 games including 16 starts for the Indians. Williams won a World Series ring in 1959 with the Dodgers.

The San Francisco Giants have traded SP Ray Sadecki and LF Dave Marshall to the New York Mets for CF Jim Gosger and 2B Bob Heise. The 29 year old Sadecki was 8-10 with 1 save, a 3.70 ERA in 34 games including 17 starts for the Giants. Sadecki and Bob Gibson won a World Series with the Cardinals in 1964. Sadecki was not popular in San Francisco as the Giants trade Orlando Cepeda to get him. The 26 year old Marshall hit .244 with 5 HRs and 25 RBIs in 95 games for the Giants. The 27 year old Gosger hit .261 with 0 HRs and 7 RBIs in 57 games for the Mets (16) and Pilots (41) last year. The 22 year old Heise hit .286 with 0 HRs and 0 RBIs in 14 at bats for the Mets.

The San Francisco Giants have traded SP Bobby Bolin to the Seattle Pilots in exchange for RF Dick Simpson and LF Steve Whitaker. The 30 year old Bolin was 14-6 with a 3.77 ERA in 33 games including 22 starts for the Giants. Bolin finished 2nd in the NL with a 1.99 ERA behind Bob Gibson and his 1.12 ERA. The 26 year old Simpson hit .228 with 3 HRs and 6 RBIs in 23 games with the Yankees (6) and Pilots (17). The 26 year old Whitaker hit .240 with 4 HRs and 9 RBIs in 30 games for the Pilots.

The Chicago White Sox have traded SP Gary Peters and C Don Pavletich to the Boston Red Sox for Billy Farmer and 3B Syd O'Brien. The 32 year old Peters was 13-16 with 1 save, a 4.27 ERA in 37 games including 32 starts for the White Sox. Peters was a 2-time AL ERA leader (1963, 1966) and was the 1963 AL Rookie of the Year going 19-8. Peters is often used as a pinch hitter and hit a PH HR in 1968. Peters also has a Grand Slam to his name. The 31 year old Pavletich hit .229 with 4 HRs and 22 RBIs in 67 games for the White Sox. The 25 year old O'Brien hit .223 with 10 HRs and 33 RBIs in 107 games for the Red Sox.

The Washington Senators have signed C John Roseboro as a free agent. The 36 year old hit .231 with 5 HRs and 42 RBIs in 112 games for the Twins. Roseboro is a 3-time World Series champ, 1959, 1963 and 1965. Roseboro was going to be Ray Campanella's under study, but after a serious car accident paralyzed Campanella, Roseboro was forced into action full time in 1958. In 1965 Roseboro was involved in an altercation with Giants Juan Marichal. Marichal was not happy with Maury Wills after a bunt single and threw at Wills the next at bat. Dodgers SP Sandy Koufax threw one over Willie Mays head a little later. Later in the game with Marichal at the plate and Koufax on the mound, Roseboro buzzed a return throw to the pitcher by Marichal's ear, the fight was on. Marichal struck Roseboro a couple of times with his bat that opened up a gash that required 14 stitches. Marichal was ejected and Roseboro sued Marichal winning a $7500 out of court settlement. Roseboro later said the Koufax would never intentionally throw at hitters due to the risk of injury of his velocity.

06-25-2018, 01:18 AM	#47
Big T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 3,878	Post Season Transactions December 1969. The New York Mets have traded CF Amos Otis and SP Bob Johnson to the Kansas City Royals for Joe Foy. The 22 year old Otis hit .197 with 1 HR and 12 RBIs in 75 games for the Mets. The Braves tried trading for Otis for Joe Torre, but the Mets refused. Otis clashed with manager Gil Hodges and the trade to the Royals was made. The 26 year old Johnson was 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA in 3 games (5 IPs) for the Mets. The 26 year old Foy hit .221 with 5 HRs and 57 RBIs in 156 games for the Royals. Foy had a solid start to his career hitting .262 with 97 runs scored in 1966 for the Red Sox. As the MLB pitching improved, Foy's hitting fell off. The Royals can look back at this being one of their best trades ever. The Oakland Athletics have traded SP Jim Nash to the Atlanta Braves in exchange for RF Felipe Alou. The 24 year old was 7-4 with 1 save, a 2.60 ERA in 17 games including 16 starts for the Braves. In his rookie season with the Athetics in Kansas City during the 1966 season, he was 12-1 with a 2.06 ERA in 127 IPs. He was considered part of the Athletics "kiddie corp" that also included Catfish Hunter and Blue Moon Odom. The 34 year old Alou hit .300 with 7 HRs and 36 RBIs in 127 games for the Braves. Alou who was actually born "Rojas" when the scout that signed Felipe mistakened the last name. Felipe was later joined by his brothers Matty and Jesus. The three brothers former the complete OF for the Giants in a game on September 15th, 1963. The Detroit Tigers have traded RP Pat Dobson and 2B Dave Campbell to the San Diego Padres for Joe Niekro. The 27 year old Dobson was 6-4 with 2 saves and a 4.31 ERA in 38 games including 9 starts for the Tigers in 1969. A World Series ring winner in 1968 with the Tigers, Dobson could not find a regular spot in the Tiger rotation so was traded to the Padres. The 27 year old Campbell hit .279 with 1 HR and 4 RBIs in 48 games for the Tigers. The 25 year old Niekro was 7-17 with a 4.08 ERA in 33 starts for the Cubs (2) and Padres (31). Niekro will go on to be one of the best knuckle-ball pitchers along with his older brother Phil. The Seattle Pilots have traded SP George Brunet to the Washington Senators for RP Dave Baldwin. The 34 year old Brunet was 10-15 with a 3.19 ERA in 28 starts for the Angels (17) and Pilots (11). Brunet made his MLB debut on September 14th, 1956 with the Athletics against the Red Sox facing Ted Williams with the bases load.... he induced Williams into a double play. The 31 year old Baldwin was 4-2 with 4 saves, a 4.79 ERA in 29 games for the Senators. The Houston Astros have traded RF Curt Blefary to the New York Yankees for Joe Pepitone. The 26 year old Blefary hit .253 with 26 HRs and 100 RBIs in 158 games for the Astros. Blefary was the 1965 AL Rookie of the Year hitting .260 with 22 HRs and 70 RBIs for the Orioles. He won a World Series with the Orioles in 1966. Nicknamed "Clank" for his below average fielding abilities, the Orioles tried him in all sorts of positions to keep his bat in the line-up. Blefary actually played catcher during SP Tom Phoebus's 1968 No hitter. The 29 year old Pepitone hit .278 with 30 HRs and 84 RBIs in 150 games for the Yankees. The 1969 World Series MVP, it is legend that Pepitone spent his 1962 signing bonus ($25,000) which is the equivalent of over $200,000 today before he arrived to spring training. It was rumoured that Pepitone always carried hair products and a toupee for his balding head. The St Louis Cardinals have sold RP Mudcat Grant to the Oakland Athletics. The 34 year old was 3-13 with 2 saves, a 7.90 ERA in 42 games including 13 starts with the Expos (10) and Cardinals (3). Grant hit a 3 run HR in game 6 of the 1965 World Series, and later became the Montreal Expos first ever starting pitcher in 1969. The Oakland Athletics have traded 1B Danny Cater and 2B Ossie Chavarria to the New York Yankees for SP Al Downing and C Frank Fernandez. The 29 year old Cater hit .292 with 6 HRs and 66 RBIs in 150 games for the Athletics. Cater, not exactly a speedster had a trouble not hitting into double plays, from 1965 to 1972 he finished in the top ten 6 times in 8 years. The 29 year old Chavarria did not play in the MLB in 1969 for the A's, he last played in 1967 when he played 38 games for the Athletics. The 28 year old Downing was 10-7 with a 3.04 ERA in 26 games for the Yankees including 19 starts. Downing in real life was known for giving up Hank Aaron's 715th HR in 1974. The 26 year old Fernandez hit .196 with 17 HRs and 38 RBIs in 101 games for the Yankees. Fernandez became expendable with the emergence of Thurmon Munson. The Seattle Pilots have traded RP Diego Segui and 1B Ray Oyler to the Oakland Athletics in exchange for 2B Ted Kubiak and SP George Lauzerique. The 32 year old Segui was 7-7 with 7 saves, a 4.54 ERA in 58 games including 8 starts for the Pilots. Segui will go onto be a Seattle Mariner and having pitched with each Seattle team in their first ever games. The 31 year old Oyler hit .175 with 5 HRs and 17 RBIs in 128 games with the Pilots. The 27 year old Kubiak hit .191 with 2 HRs and 21 RBIs in 90 games for the Athletics. The 22 year old Lauzerique was 2-1 with a 2.68 ERA in 8 games including 5 starts for the Athletics. The Minnesota Twins have traded SP Dean Chance, RP Bob Miller, 3B Graig Nettles and CF Ted Uhlaender to the Cleveland Indians for SP Luis Tiant and RP Stan Williams. The 28 year old Chance was 10-7 with 3 saves, a 3.20 ERA in 41 games including 15 starts. Chance's unusual wind up when he would turn his back fully to the catcher sometimes made him a little wild. Chance at the time was the youngest player to win the Cy Young Award in 1964. The 30 year old Miller was 4-10 with 2 saves, a 5.44 ERA in 37 games including 11 starts for the Twins. Miller was 2-time World Champ with the Dodgers in 1963 and 1965. The 25 year old Nettles hit .237 with 11 HRs and 35 RBIs in 137 games for the Twins. Nettles in real life has a break out season in 1970 making this a lopsided trade. The 30 year old Uhlaender hit .283 with 18 HRs and 60 RBIs in 137 games for the Twins. The 29 year old Tiant was 17-18 with a 3.38 ERA in 39 games including 37 starts for the Indians. At age 21, Tiant's contract was purchased by the Indians from his Cuban team the Havana Sugar Kings. Because of tensions between Cuba and the US, Tiant did not see his parents for 14 years as he was unable to get back to Cuba. Tiant changed his pitching wind up as a result of a shoulder blade injury, where he would face 2nd base for most of his wind up. 1969 was an injury plagued season for Tiant and resulted in this trade. The 33 year old Williams was 4-10 with 15 saves, a 4.42 ERA in 48 games including 16 starts for the Indians. Williams won a World Series ring in 1959 with the Dodgers. The San Francisco Giants have traded SP Ray Sadecki and LF Dave Marshall to the New York Mets for CF Jim Gosger and 2B Bob Heise. The 29 year old Sadecki was 8-10 with 1 save, a 3.70 ERA in 34 games including 17 starts for the Giants. Sadecki and Bob Gibson won a World Series with the Cardinals in 1964. Sadecki was not popular in San Francisco as the Giants trade Orlando Cepeda to get him. The 26 year old Marshall hit .244 with 5 HRs and 25 RBIs in 95 games for the Giants. The 27 year old Gosger hit .261 with 0 HRs and 7 RBIs in 57 games for the Mets (16) and Pilots (41) last year. The 22 year old Heise hit .286 with 0 HRs and 0 RBIs in 14 at bats for the Mets. The San Francisco Giants have traded SP Bobby Bolin to the Seattle Pilots in exchange for RF Dick Simpson and LF Steve Whitaker. The 30 year old Bolin was 14-6 with a 3.77 ERA in 33 games including 22 starts for the Giants. Bolin finished 2nd in the NL with a 1.99 ERA behind Bob Gibson and his 1.12 ERA. The 26 year old Simpson hit .228 with 3 HRs and 6 RBIs in 23 games with the Yankees (6) and Pilots (17). The 26 year old Whitaker hit .240 with 4 HRs and 9 RBIs in 30 games for the Pilots. The Chicago White Sox have traded SP Gary Peters and C Don Pavletich to the Boston Red Sox for Billy Farmer and 3B Syd O'Brien. The 32 year old Peters was 13-16 with 1 save, a 4.27 ERA in 37 games including 32 starts for the White Sox. Peters was a 2-time AL ERA leader (1963, 1966) and was the 1963 AL Rookie of the Year going 19-8. Peters is often used as a pinch hitter and hit a PH HR in 1968. Peters also has a Grand Slam to his name. The 31 year old Pavletich hit .229 with 4 HRs and 22 RBIs in 67 games for the White Sox. The 25 year old O'Brien hit .223 with 10 HRs and 33 RBIs in 107 games for the Red Sox. The Washington Senators have signed C John Roseboro as a free agent. The 36 year old hit .231 with 5 HRs and 42 RBIs in 112 games for the Twins. Roseboro is a 3-time World Series champ, 1959, 1963 and 1965. Roseboro was going to be Ray Campanella's under study, but after a serious car accident paralyzed Campanella, Roseboro was forced into action full time in 1958. In 1965 Roseboro was involved in an altercation with Giants Juan Marichal. Marichal was not happy with Maury Wills after a bunt single and threw at Wills the next at bat. Dodgers SP Sandy Koufax threw one over Willie Mays head a little later. Later in the game with Marichal at the plate and Koufax on the mound, Roseboro buzzed a return throw to the pitcher by Marichal's ear, the fight was on. Marichal struck Roseboro a couple of times with his bat that opened up a gash that required 14 stitches. Marichal was ejected and Roseboro sued Marichal winning a $7500 out of court settlement. Roseboro later said the Koufax would never intentionally throw at hitters due to the risk of injury of his velocity.