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Old 07-01-2018, 08:40 PM   #54
Big T
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April 20th- April 26th, 1970
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This Weeks Top Performers

Oakland Athletics SP Blue Moon Odom allowed 1 hit and struck out 10 in a complete game 9-0 win over the Royals. The 24 year old is 2-1 with a 2.72 ERA in 5 starts. For his career, Odom is 48-32 with a 2.91 ERA in 120 games including 106 starts.

Pittsburgh Pirates SP Dock Ellis allowed 5 hits and struck out 10 in a complete game 6-1 win over the Astros. The 25 year old is 1-3 with a 3.77 ERA in 4 starts. In his 3rd season in the MLB, Ellis is 21-19 with a 2.56 ERA in 63 games including 47 career starts.

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Pittsburgh Pirates LF Willie Stargell was 3 for 4 with 2 HRs and 5 RBIs in a 14-4 win over the Astros. The 30 year old is hitting .340 with 7 HRs and 18 RBIs in 14 games. Stargell is in his 9th MLB season, all with the Pirates and is hitting .274 with 172 HRs and 594 RBIs in 943 career games. Stargell wins the NL Player of the Week going 10 for 26 with 4 HRs and 10 RBIs in 7 games.

Philadelphia Phillies SP Woody Fryman allowed 3 hits and struck out 6 in a complete game 8-0 win over the Giants. The 30 year old is 2-2 with a 4.63 ERA in 4 games including 3 starts. Fryman for his career is 39-53 with a 3.61 ERA in 137 games including 116 starts.

Boston Red Sox SS Rico Petrocelli was 3 for 4 with a HR and 2 RBIs in a 9-7 win over the Orioles. The 26 year old is hitting .296 with 6 HRs and 11 RBIs in 15 games. For his career, Petrocelli is hitting .255 with 105 HRs and 355 RBIs in 684 games.

Atlanta Braves SP Pat Jarvis allowed 5 hits and struck out 6 over 8 innings in a 3-1 win over the Pirates. The 29 year old is 2-1 with a 2.87 ERA in 4 starts. In his 5th MLB season, Jarvis is 57-37 with a 2.95 ERA in 118 career games including 110 starts.

Washington Senators SP Dick Bosman allowed 6 hits and struck out 7 in a complete game 2-0 win over the Angels. The 26 year old is 2-1 with a 0.84 ERA in 4 starts. For his career, Bosman is 27-22 with 2 saves, a 2.92 ERA in 103 games including 54 starts.

Houston Astros 1B Joe Pepitone was 3 for 5 with a HR and 7 RBIs in a 12-6 win over the Cubs. The 29 year old is hitting .276 with 2 HRs and 17 RBIs in 17 games. In his 9th season in the MLB, his first as an Astros Pepitone is hitting .257 with 171 HRs and 572 RBIs in 1083 career MLB games.

California Angels SP Rudy May allowed 3 hits and struck out 5 in a complete game 4-0 win over the Senators. The 25 year old is now 2-1 with a 3.08 ERA in 4 games including 3 starts. May for his career is 18-18 with a 3.05 ERA in 66 games including 51 starts.

Oakland Athletics RF Reggie Jackson was 4 for 4 with a HR and 3 RBIs in a 9-8 win over the Yankees. The 23 year old is hitting .380 with 4 HRs and 10 RBIs in 16 games. Jackson has now played in 365 career games and is hitting .262 with 71 HRs and 175 RBIs. Jackson wins the AL Player of the Week going 10 for 17 with 3 HRs and 6 RBIs.

Baltimore Orioles SP Dave McNally allowed 4 hits and struck out 8 in a complete game 6-1 win over the Royals. The 27 year old is 4-0 with a 2.56 ERA in 5 starts. In his 9th season in the MLB, all with Baltimore he is now 94-54 with 1 save, a 2.96 ERA in 233 career games including 208 starts.

This Weeks Major Transactions

Chicago Cubs C Randy Hundley will miss up to 3 months and was placed on the DL. The 27 year old is hitting .346 with 0 HRs and 4 RBIs in 13 games. The 1967 Gold Glove winning catcher had 5 hits for the Cubs on June 14th, 1969 against the Reds. His Gold Glove season saw Hundley commit just 4 errors in 152 games, a NL record for the least errors by a catcher in a season.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have released RP Al McBean. The 31 year old is 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA in 1 IP this season. The 1964 NL Reliever of the Year was only taking pictures for a newspaper at a Pirates try out in St Thomas on the Virgin Islands i n 1957 when friends convinced him to try out, he ended up with a invite to Spring training in 1958. In his Reliever of the Year season, McBean had 21 saves to secure the award. McBean was signed as a free agent by the Pirates a day later after the release.

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The Chicago Cubs have signed free agent RP Steve D Barber to a deal. The 32 year old was 6-11 with a 4.01 ERA in 24 games including 17 starts for the Pilots (Brewers) in 1969. The Brewers released Barber at the start of the season. Barber is a 2-time All Star that led the NL with 8 shutouts in 1961. Plagued with elbow problems, Barber has moved 3 times since 1967 spending time with the Yankees, Pilots and now the Cubs.

The Washington Senators have traded 3B Ken McMullen to the California Angels for RF Rick Reichardt and 3B Aurelio Rodriquez. The 27 year old McMullen is hitting .175 with 1 HR and 3 RBIs in 15 games for the Senators. After making his debut at 3B with the Dodgers as a September call up in 1962, McMullen started the 1963 as the starting 3B for the Dodgers. McMullen struggled and was sent back to the minors after just 1 month. McMullen did come back to play a total of 79 games in 1963 and his very 1st HR was a Grand Slam on the 4th of July. He struggled again in 1964 and was sent back to Spokane in mid June, only to be traded to the Senators at the end of the season. The 27 year old Reichardt is hitting .286 with 0 HRs and 2 RBIs in 10 games for the Angels. Reichardt led the AL by being hit by a pitch in 1966 with 13 and again in 1969 with 18.... ouch. Due to a bidding war when this 2 sport (football) athlete became available, the MLB ultimately were led to create and institute the draft. Reichardt was later diagnosed with a kidney ailment and had the kidney removed in 1966, he was able to hit 17 HRs the very next season. The 22 year old Rodriquez is hitting .222 with 1 HR and 6 RBIs in 17 games for the Angels. Rodriquez hit a Grand Slam HR last year in an August game against the Indians.
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