Should be in the skinny player HOF…There
are many kinds of Vic’s over a 16 year career…but one fact remains always a hitter for average over power over his career…An American league starter in
the 60’s… morphing into part-time outfield with the Cards and Pirates and became a Manny Mota type pinch
hitter delux…ended career his LA as teammate of Manny...All in all Vic’s best batting averages were with the Buc as the 4th
outfielder with Al Oliver, Clemente, and Stargell… Got more playing time when Stargell
went to first sacker to replace an ailing Bob Robertson in 1972....started poorly in 1973 a sent to Oakland where he didn't do any better until the playoffs…overall an
excellent post season career, with a .323 BA… played playoff games with the Pirates, Oakland, then the Dodgers...Brother of Yo-Yo Davalillo who had 64 ABs for the Washington Senators in 1953 and long standing member of the Havana Sugar Kings.
Was third in the AL in hitting in 1965 for Cleveland hitting.301
ReplyDeleteThe most elusive card in the set. Only year everyone in the neighborhood was collecting baseball cards when I was a kid in Pittsburgh, the had just one the WS the year before
ReplyDeleteThe other odd thing was that Black Batting helmet, I think that was a helmet the Pirates wore when they played at Forbes Field before going to Three Rivers in June of 1970.
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