Thursday, December 28, 2006 |
Today's Birthdays
Ray Lamb LAN b. 1944, played 1969-1970. A former Trojan and teammate of Hall of Famer Tom Seaver, he spent the most productive part of his brief career with the Indians, for whom he became a starter. The return on the trade that sent him there, Duke Sims, was an aging starting catcher; along with Chris Cannizzaro, he filled in the blank as a starting catcher between Tom Haller and Joe Ferguson.
Factoid: While with LA, he was an offseason movie extra.
Aurelio Rodriguez CAL b. 1947, played 1967-1970, d. 2000-09-23. Had a shockingly long career in the majors despite offensive cipherdom throughout it. Signed out of the Mexican leagues, he played for three seasons and part of a fourth before the Halos traded him to the Senators for Ken McMullen, another slick-fielding, no-hit third baseman in an era that seemed to like defense-first 3B's, only McMullen was 28 at the time. The Senators moved him to Detroit the next year, and there he stayed through 1979, manning third for a long string of mostly also-ran Tigers teams, save for the 86-70 1972 team that won a weak AL East. He spent four more years in the Show before retiring; he was inducted into the Mexican Salón de la Fama (Google translation) in 1995.
Don Thompson BRO b. 1923, played 1951, 1953-1954
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