Man looking for a win….At the time of photo
was taken Al was In the midst of a two year victory drought that stretched from
4/13/1970 (as a Padre) to 4/17/72 (with the Cardinals)… Suffered consecutive 12 loses in between…Only player with last name Santorini ever
in professional baseball….Santorini is also a Greek island… Started in Atlanta
organization…was selected in expansion by San Diego…lots of work for the rookie
who was 21 in 1969….Good news: tied for
team victories leader and sub 4.00 ERA. Bad news: It was only 8 wins coupled
with 14 losses…1970 was by all rights, nightmarish with a ballooning ERA and
demotion to AAA….despite the poor outing makes the 71 Padres roster….was
involved in a strange incident 5/26/71 starts the first game of double header
vs. Houston…Get first batter out and then taken out of game….Returns to start
the second game going 6 innings…stunt was for naught because Stro’s swept the
Friars….traded to Cards in June 71 and despite some good starts poor run
support failed to bring a win…1972 was a
comeback of sorts, once he won again pressed into 5th starter role in May….Moved up in the
rotation when Scipio Spinks went down for the season…did OK in this role
lowering his ERA and compiling a 6-8 record and improving over the season….Ineffective
in 1973 and traded Royals ending his time in the show….was 1-11 in AAA that
year…figures.
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