#214 Mike McQueen

Fringe lefty for Atlanta who never quite caught on never exceeded 78 innings in a year.....plagued by injuries and horrible misfortune....broke in the big leagues 1969.....from that was he was the youngest player who played in 60’s.....received lofty prophecy from Hank Aaron who called him the best Braves left hander since Warren Spahn....big words good thing Hank hit home runs.....first significant work went 1-5 in 1970, then improved to 4-1 with a OK 3.54 ERA 1971.....neither with many innings or set role....1972 was a winless 0-5....in the off season a car crash with teammate Jim Breazeale that took Mike out for all of 1973.... Breazeale missed a majority of year, was only given a few at bats in AAA.....still young the Reds took chance on Mike acquiring him in Rule 5 draft....got in 10 games in first half of season then returned to Braves....sat out 1975-76 seasons whereabouts unknown...tried to comeback1977 in the Astros farm system....let go after poor permanence in AA ball....died 2016.