1963 After 4
seasons of White Sox call ups of no significance, Peter’s MLB career is on
line....consider a run of the mill with inconsistent velocity.... relegated to
middle relief essentially the kiss of death at the time, fills as a emergency starter and
throws hard and gets the win.....fast forward puts it all together with 19
wins....Absconded with ROY and ERA honors....Wins 20 in his follow up
season....subsequent campaigns not as productive in the win column but was able
to take ERA crown again and lead the AL in several pitching categories in 1966....1967 brought him 16 wins and All
Star status...had lost year in 1968 going 4-13 as White Sox fortune fell with
him....returned to double digits wins in 1969 but his ERA ballooned to 4.53
worst of his career.....trade to the offensive minded Red Sox buoyed his win
loss record for 3 years....lost starter spot 1972 and summarily used a mop up
situations in his last season.....as a Bostonian won 33 games with 25 losses ; 4.23 ERA....Another
case of excellent hitter for a pitcher with a .222 average.....sometimes pinch
hit, one time batted 7th in the lineup.
Hmm... if this picture is from 1971, that's Billy Conigliaro (#40) in the background. If this picture is from spring training 1972, it's Dwight Evans!
ReplyDeleteHard to say...it seems cards with 700 numbers were taken at 1972 spring training in some cases. The spring training photos really seem to tail off at mid 600 level.
ReplyDeleteThe 1972 spring training photos that is, there are plenty of spring training photo from 1971.
ReplyDeleteI think it is Billy C.
ReplyDeleteI just finished up Billy C's bio last night. Look for it in a couple of weeks.
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