The problem with players in expansion
teams is not they can’t have good season or two, they just can’t do it
consistently….in most cases….Bill's arm troubles are to blame during 1973 after two
successive 13 win seasons….was #2 AL
rookie of the year voting and named AL rookie pitcher of the year for 1971….that
year his 13-17 mark was offset by a sparkling 3.20 ERA….could have sued the
Brewers for non support…7th round armature draft pick in 1968 by the
Seattle Pilots…1972 won 13 games again....1973 was 3-6 with 6.79 ERA but somehow stayed with
Milwaukee…demoted to Brewer AAA farm club in Sacremento in 1974 then traded to
Oakland AAA club…his 5.05 ERA was high but playing with Sacremento was in a
converted football stadium ….the team ERA mark was 6.70 so it could be called a
Pyrrhic victory….resurfaced briefly with Oakland’s big club….another go round
in AAA 1975 sputtered out.
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