Monday, January 2, 2017
#385 Mickey Stanley
The Gold Glove award winning outfielder of Tigertown....Paul Blair class...but mostly
known for taking over the Tiger’s Shortstop position late in the 1968 regular season
and then WS....Mickey’s relatively good bat (11 HR, 60 RBI, .259 BA) was needed to
bolster the offensive liability that was Ray Oyler (.135) and company and so that Al Kaline could be inserted in line up....it was
felt his outfield skills could generalize to the infield....the move worked and
the Tigers upset the Cardinals....Mickey played some shortstop next year but was
firmly entrenched back in the outfield by 1970....great team player and
manager’s dream with team attitude and work ethic....debuted in 1964, playing
days ended in 1978...Finished with a career .248 BA over 15 season in Detroit....little
known fact: real first name was Mitchell....home state player born and raised in Michigan.
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Not to quibble Douglas, but you misspelled Mickey's name twice in your write up. Keep on doing the outstanding work you are doing!
ReplyDeleteThanks, just remember is homemade written (OK except for a few odds and ends I do pick up from my source material)
ReplyDeleteYou're doing great with this blog. Love the style. It'll be a sad day when it's over.
ReplyDeleteI'm honored. I have 246 cards left some which will be grouped.
ReplyDeleteAt my rate of posting every 3 days, I'd say have two years work, maybe a bit less since I bundle the novelty and in action card. I suppose I could go on to complete the set or maybe help out Jim from Downingtown who has taken on several blogs at once. I always liked the 1963 set for it was first set of cards collected by my brother.