All research indicates friendly approachable
guy....Career took hold with the Red Sox as a teenager...2nd at bat
was a home run 1965 the youngest Red Sox ever to do so....just a year out high
school.......returned to Red Sox farm system for a couple of years...returned
with an impressive late season call up 1968....shared catching duties with two
others, Jerry far and away best of the Trio with a .304 mark....gained more
playing time 1970 and got named to the All star team... traveled around
thereafter and seemed to effect his play....California, Cleveland, New York,
Detroit, were destinations in successive years...last year playing split time
between Padres and White Sox....most closely aligned the Red Sox participating
in reunions and charitable endeavors such as Mike Andrews chaired Jimmy Fund....hobby
during playing days was waterskiing ....now they are golf and grandkids.
Became a huge fan of Jerry's when he played for the Louisville Colonels in 1968.., followed his career, always hoping he'd get the right chance.., I think Boston was his comfort zone, seemed to be on the verge there... sadly, lost him in 2018 R.I.P. Jerry...
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