Friday, April 20, 2018
#201 Phil Roof
Long
time reserve backstop….Went with the repartee and antonym nickname "Babe"….Well
traveled donning the uniforms of eight teams….began with Milwaukee (Braves)
with a solo year splitting time in Cleveland and California….found a four year home the A’s organization and
was their most used catcher in 1966-67…Returned to Milwaukee (Brewers) for year
and half starting 1971…..settled in for 6 years in Minnesota….finished up with
a handful of game Chisox and first year edition of the Toronto Blue Jays….Struggled at the plate spent ½
of his 16 years below .200 BA….exited with a .217 BA….Had anomaly in 1975 hitting
.302 and 7 home runs in 126 at bats….that year maybe, occasionally he was Babe….had
a brother Gene, who was Phil’s 17 year junior with very brief MLB career the
early eighties.
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His Blue Jays claim to fame is that he was the first Blue Jay. He was signed as a free agent prior to the expansion draft.
ReplyDeleteThank you for writing, you helped me spot a sentence I corrected. What you said made think about first year franchises in general they acquire a familiar name to the community. In Roof's case he was briefly a Toronto Maple Leaf AAA player in the early 60's.
ReplyDeleteAs a Twins fan I enjoyed Roof's 1975. He got TV interviews and really seemed to have good time.