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swampdragon · 04-08-2018, 08:10 PM

Look up Bucky Walters as a rarity. He was a borderline position player for several years in the 1930s. The Reds acquired him in a trade and somehow figured out he should be a pitcher. That decision brought the Reds a pennant in 1940, when Walters won 27 games.

04-08-2018, 08:10 PM	#17
swampdragon Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2002 Location: The Lonely Mountain Posts: 2,509	Look up Bucky Walters as a rarity. He was a borderline position player for several years in the 1930s. The Reds acquired him in a trade and somehow figured out he should be a pitcher. That decision brought the Reds a pennant in 1940, when Walters won 27 games. __________________ “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies." -- C.S. Lewis