Tale of Two
Cities....Two team bullpen specialist spending almost equal time between
Detroit and then Houston....Started in Detroit 1961, traded to Astros 1968 and stayed until 1973... stingy situational pitcher for the Tigers with 2.70 ERA,
.....didn't look good during first season in Texas was a bona fided flop with arm troubles and very little work....bounced back nicely, a saves leader with Astros with 76 over 6 seasons.....29 of them came in 1969 when he led
the NL in that category...the drawback of that and 1970 was an elevated ERA....was able to cut it nearly in half for 1971-72....wore glasses when he played...finished with winning
record of 48-34....Was notoriously bad with a bat in hand....one hit in 63 At
Bats.... that's a .016 BA.....no walks eithers...had 5 sacrifices and according to his 1973 card brought in the winning run...should have hung out
with Terry Forester and Ken Brett...RIP 2015
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