Saturday, February 20, 2016
#506 Indians Rookie Stars
One player of note Dick Tidrow....briefly the
two other guys....Terry Ley and James Moyer acquired from Yankees and Giants
respectively...in 1972 both guys won 8 games for the Portland Beavers....Neither
ever played for the big club....Best that can be said is Ley had a six game stint for the pinstripes in
1971....Moyer played in minors only....Dick Tidrow, on the other hand, in 1972 far
exceeded expectations by soaring to #2 starter, garnering 14 wins and a 2.77
ERA....No love however from ROY voters with Carlton Fisk taking 100%....followed
up with another 14 win season but lost some effectiveness....1975 took an early
season jaunt to the Yankees, winning 11 in pinstripes....next three campaigns became what
best can be described as a mixed relieving role some closing some middle inning
work....1978 had short lived return to starter with so-so results....was still
able to get work in three consecutive postseasons...bullpen misadventures in
early 1979 turned the fireman into arsonist...traded and resurrected with the
Cubs....started a nice string of 4 seasons leading the leading the NL in
appearances 1980....getting work with 1983 White Sox allowed Dick to have one
more playoff showing....wrapped things up in 1984 with 11 games for the Mets.
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I love how all 3 players have an airbrushed C on their caps, and how all 3 are the same pink as the "tombstone." Ahhh for the days of low technology....
ReplyDeleteNone of the players depicted played on the Indians 1971 squad. Ley's photo is most deceptive. He is in pinstripes which were used by Cleveland in 1971 but only as a home uni. As can plainly see the photo is in Yankee stadium. You can see a bit of the Giants uniform on Moyer. Tidrow is most likely to be a photo from the Indians organization but the fringe on the collar makes me think that he was in a minor league uniform.
ReplyDeleteFunny though, Cleveland had made so many trades for 1972 that most of pictures on cards are air brushed.
"Cleveland had made so many trades for 1972..." This was a period when the Indians remade their roster practically every year. They made lots of senseless trades and seemed to trade for the sake of trading (a legacy of Frank Lane, carried on by Gabe Paul) and brought their "prospects" up to learn at the major league level because their farm was so barren. They were financially strapped and it's still a wonder that they didn't relocate. Not a good era to be a Tribe fan.
ReplyDeleteAround 1969 I discovered baseball was not just a game that I was bad at, but it had teams in cities as part of a league and was on TV. Unfortunately it was at the start of a very dark decade for the Indians franchise. Worse yet it seems they would make progress one year and take two steps back the next. From my perspective at the time, the Indians were very obscure team who were never on a national telecast and local team coverage of road games in Cleveland showed a massive sea of empty seats. The kind where you hear individual heckler or see kids playing tag in the stands rather than watching the game.
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