Hometown product born
in Kansas City and attended U of Kansas was signed by Athletics in their KC
days 1965....From 1965 to 1966 jumped from minors to majors despite less than
great 0-6 record in AA ball...used sparingly at first, gradually collected the
sequence of 4, 10, and 12 wins in space of 1966-68....prime years were
1969-1971 when Chuck garnered 15, 16, and 15 wins for Oakland....Could had more wins in
1971 but did play until May....Bottom dropped out in 1972 when he had arm
surgery in off season...only action seen in 1972 was an 0-3 record in AA (what’s
with this a total AA record of 0-9 for a guy who won 72 games in the bigs?)....continued
in minors 1973 and pitched one last game for the Atlethics....released before
1974 and eventually was picked up by California....compiled a 2-5 record in two
partial seasons in Anaheim.
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