Journeyman righthander put together his career
year in 1971....won 12 lost 9 with a 2.96 ERA.....all appearances were in
relief....18 saves represented a sizeable portion of his MLB total.....Accrued
two and half years in the bay area 1971 far and away the best....his longest
tenure....otherwise a highly mobile bush league barnstormer.... began in the Mets organization....as a third baseman but quickly converted to the mound.....drafted by the
Phillies and called up after a highly impressive stint for the AAA San Diego
Padres in 1968.... five other stops were journeyman worthy at best including a
brief foray with the Cards, then aforementioned Giants, one year stops in
Cleveland and Houston, two truncated years in San Diego....not to mention
momentary time in the minors and Mexican league sprinkled in between.....finished
off his MLB vocation with expansion Toronto Blue Jays....undistinguished work other
than he won the franchise’s first game....tried his hand at the Senior Baseball
league in 1989....notification of passing received on 11/16/21
As you know, Johnson, Dick Allen and Cookie Rojas were traded from the Phillies to the Cardinals for Curt Flood and others.
ReplyDeleteEven though Flood did not report, I think the Phillies got the better of the deal. Not only did they get useful seasons from Tim McCarver, Joe Hoerner, and Willie Montanez, but Allen only lasted one season in St. Louis, and Rojas and Johnson even less.
Cardinals made a lot of bad trades at that turning them from WS competitors to middle of the pack. The other day someone said Carlton was worse all time. I disagreed because Rick Wise wasn't an utter bust unlike the Brock, Ryan, Otis, and Jenkins trades.
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