The once great mainstay of the Phillies staff during the 1960’s…somewhat
flaky and quirky…but this can be overlooked as he won 20, 19, 18, and 17 games
in separate seasons in city of Brotherly Love…two time all star....interspersed however were campaigns shortened by
injury or double digit losses…saw it all with the Phils, starting in lowly years
of 1960 and 61 to their ascendency peaking at the pinnacle 92-60 mark of in the
heartbreaking year of 1964…that year Short and fellow ace Jim Bunning were over
stretched with starting assignments in the last 12 games…Phils lost out on the World
Series birth which wouldn’t occur until 16 years later…After missing nearly the
whole of 1969, Chris was never the same winning 16 and losing 30 in 1970 and 71…Phillies
fortunes went south as well with four consecutive losing seasons…The 1972 card
represented the end of the line…Used sparingly in 1972 (23 innings 1-1 record), Chris later surfaced with the
Milwaukee Brewers in 1973…won three games and lost five and released thereafter…died
in 1991 after a brain aneurism.
Short was never the same after missing 1969 with back surgery.
ReplyDeleteSuch is the case for many players of the time. In researching I look for time on the disabled list as a reason for a player's decline.
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