Schallock pitched in 58 big league games, for the New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles, between 1951 and 1955. He was 3-1 as a rookie for New York, but pitched in just 11 games, posting a 3.88 ERA in 46.1 innings. He continued to make sporadic appearances for the Yankees until 1955 when they put […]
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Nicknamed “Red,” Swanson was signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1955 as a bonus baby and, as per the bonus rule, had to spend the next two years with the team. He appeared in just one game in 1955 and nine more in 1956, throwing 13 innings and giving up 17 earned runs. He pitched […]
Richards played for eight seasons in the majors, hitting .290 with 247 stolen bases, while playing mostly for the San Diego Padres from 1977-1984. Richards hit .290 for the Padres as a rookie. He stole 56 bases that season and finished third in the National League Rookie of the Year vote. He hit .308 the […]
Miller pitched in 86 big league games, going 6-8 with a 4.72 ERA for three different teams between 1953 and 1962. He was signed as a “bonus baby” by the Detroit Tigers which meant he immediately joined the big-league club as a 17-year old in 1953. He appeared in 13 games that year, getting his […]
One of the 100-oldest-living baseball players, Krsnich played in 120 big league games between 1949 and 1953. Playing third base for the Chicago White Sox, he hit .215 with three home runs. He saw action in 16 games in 1949 then went back to the minors for two seasons. He rejoined the ChiSox in 1952 […]
An all star in 1974, Ralph Garr hit .306 in a 13-year career spent with the Atlanta Braves, Chicago White Sox and California Angels. Garr came up with the Braves in 1968 and played sparingly for the next three years. He became a regular in 1971 and responded by hitting .343 and scoring a career-high […]
The ace of the 1967 “Impossible Dream” Boston Red Sox, Lonborg enjoyed a long 15-year career in the majors, winning 157 games for three teams. He came up with Boston in 1965 and was a 10-game winner in 1966. The following year would be the best of his career. Lonborg went 22-9 in 1967, helping […]
