#74 Bob Duliba

Robert John Duliba
Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 180 lb.
Born: January 9, 1935 in Glen Lyon, PA
MLB Debut: August 11, 1959 St. Louis Cardinals
Final MLB Game: May 9, 1967 Kansas City Athletics
Years with the Angels: 1963-1964

ANGELS TRANSACTIONS:
Sent by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Los Angeles Angels to complete an earlier deal made on April 5, 1963. The Cardinals sent a player to be named later to the Los Angeles Angels for Bob Botz.
April 17, 1965: Traded by the California Angels to the Boston Red Sox for Hal Kolstad.

ANGELS DEBUT:
Replaced starter Dean Chance in the top of the 9th trailing 3-2 with 2 outs and 2 on and faced pinch hitter Roman Mejias who would reach on an error by Jim Fregosi, in an eventual 5-2 loss to the Boston Red Sox on Monday, September 9, 1963 (N) at Chavez Ravine.

ANGELS RECORD:
1963 - 1964
Appeared in 64 games and went 7-5 with 10 saves and a 3.36 ERA in 80.1 innings.



OTHER INTERSTING FACTS:
- Spent 1956-1958 in the military.
- Solely used in relief during his ML career.
- Finished in the AL top ten in games pitched (58) and games finished (35) in 1964.
- Held Hall of Famers Hank Aaron, Luis Aparicio, Ernie Banks, Roberto Clemente, Al Kaline, Willie Mays, Bill Mazeroski, and Duke Snider to a .114 collective batting average (4-for-35).

#73 Mike Lee

Michael Randall Lee
Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 220 lb.
Born: May 19, 1941 in Bell, CA
MLB Debut: May 6, 1960 Cleveland Indians
Final MLB Game: September 22, 1963 Los Angeles Angels
Years with the Angels: 1963

ANGELS TRANSACTIONS:
After being relesed by the St. Louis Cardinals, was signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Angels on July 20, 1962.
June, 1965: Released by the California Angels.

ANGELS DEBUT:
Started the game and gave up a walk to the first batter he faced, Don Wert. Gave up 4 runs on 6 hits in 4.1 innings on the way to a 6-1 loss to the Detroit Tigers on Saturday, August 17, 1963 (N) at Chavez Ravine.

ANGELS RECORD:
1963
1-1 in 4 starts with 3.81 ERA, giving up 3 HR in 26 innings.
Best Angels Performance: For his first and only Angels win he went 6 innings giving up 2 runs while fanning 2 in a 6-2 win against the KC Athletics on August 30, 1963. Both runs were solo shots.

OTHER INTERESTING FACTS:
- Originally signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1959.
- Also played for the Cleveland Indians (1960).
- first year in minors in the California League (1959) went 7-19 for the Fresno Giants (Level C).

#72 Jimmy Piersall

Ratty old 1966 Topps. Looks like it has teeth marks in it.

James Anthony Piersall
Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.
Born: November 14, 1929 in Waterbury, CT
MLB Debut: September 7, 1950 Boston Red Sox
Final MLB Game: May 1, 1967 California Angels
Years with the Angels: 1963 - 1967

Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Angels on July 27, 1963.
September 20, 1963: Released by the Los Angeles Angels.
April 10, 1964: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Angels.
October 18, 1966: Released by the California Angels.
April 10, 1967: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.
May 12, 1967: Released by the California Angels, phew!

1960 Topps

ANGELS DEBUT:
Started in centerfield and his first putout was a flyball hit by Frank Malzone in the second. In his first plate appearance he flew out to right fielder Lou Clinton in the third, and ended up going 2-4 with 2 singles in a 5-2 win against the Boston Red Sox on Saturday, July 27, 1963 (D) at Fenway Park.

ANGELS RECORD:
1963 - 1967
Batted .279 in 545 ABs over 240 games.
Best Angels Performance: 3-5 with 2 doubles, 3 RBI and 1 run scored in an 8-2 win against the Cleveland Indians on August 23, 1965.

OTHER INTERESTING FACTS:
- AL All-Star 1954, 1956
- AL Gold Gloves 1958 (CF), 1961 (OF)
- Career .991 fielding percentage (CF)
- Also played for the Red Sox, Indians, Senators, and Mets
- Subject of the movie Fear Strikes Out.

I need a better selection of Jimmy Piersall Angels cards. Any help?

#71 Paul Foytack

Paul Eugene Foytack
Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.
Born: November 16, 1930 in Scranton, PA
MLB Debut: April 21, 1953 Detroit Tigers
Final MLB Game: May 7, 1964 Los Angeles Angels
Years with the Angels: 1963-1964

Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Frank Kostro to the Los Angeles Angels for George Thomas and cash on June 15, 1963.
May 15, 1964: Released by the Los Angeles Angels.

ANGELS DEBUT:

Started the third in relief of starter Don Lee who had given up 3 runs in the first two innings. First batter he faced was Ed Charles who lined out to second baseman Billy Moran; Norm Siebern then struck out; and Gino Cimoli lined to first. He pitched 2 scoreless innings with 3 strikeouts in a 4-3 loss to the Kansas City Athletics in the nightcap of a double-header on Wednesday, June 19, 1963 (N) at Chavez Ravine.

ANGELS RECORD:

1963-1964

5-6 with a 4.09 ERA in 72.2 innings over 27 games (8 starts).

I wrote Mr. Foytack a letter just asking for some fond childhood and/or major league memories.

OTHER INTERESTING FACTS:

- Hit only 1 major-league home run, for Detroit, on May 27, 1961 a lead-off homer in the 6th off Don Larson of the White Sox.

- Threw a 15K complete game loss (6-5) to the Washington Senators on July 28, 1956. The 15K was a Tigers team record at the time.
- Loved to face Hector Lopez who was 16 for 82 against him with 13 strikeouts and a .195 avg.
- From 1956 to 1959, he won 58 games for the Tigers and pitched over 200 innings each year

- Served up the first of the 61 home runs hit by Roger Maris in 1961.

- Allowed four consecutive home runs to the Indians, the only pitcher to do so in the 20th Century, on July 31, 1963.

#70 Frank Kostro

Frank Jerry Kostro
Third Baseman, Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.
Born: August 4, 1937 in Windber, PA
Debut: September 2, 1962 Detroit Tigers
Final Game: September 21, 1969 Minnesota Twins
Years with the Angels: 1963

Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Paul Foytack to the Los Angeles Angels for George Thomas and cash on June 15, 1963.
June 11, 1964: Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Los Angeles Angels to the Minnesota Twins. The Los Angeles Angels sent Billy Moran to the Cleveland Indians. The Minnesota Twins sent Lenny Green and Vic Power to the Los Angeles Angels. The Cleveland Indians sent Jerry Kindall to the Minnesota Twins.

ANGELS DEBUT:
Entered the game as a pinch runner for Albie Pearson in the bottom of the 11th of a 1-1 tie against the Kansas City Athletics on Tuesday, June 18, 1963 (N) at Chavez Ravine.

A better description of the nail-biter that Kostro was dropped into from retrosheet.org:
ANGELS 11TH: Perry was hit by a pitch; E. Sadowski reached on an error by Drabowsky on a sacrifice bunt [Perry to second];PEARSON BATTED FOR MCBRIDE; Pearson was walked intentionally[Perry to third, E. Sadowski to second]; KOSTRO RAN FOR PEARSON;WYATT REPLACED DRABOWSKY (PITCHING); Wyatt threw a wild pitch[Perry scored]; 1 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Angels 2.

ANGELS RECORD:
1963
Hit .222 in 43 games, with 2 (out of a career 5) HR and 10 RBI.


INTERSTING FACTS:
- Played first base, third base, and all 3 outfield positions during his 43 games with Angels.
- Owned pitcher Jack Kralick hitting a career .417 (5-12) with 2 HR off of him.
- He also played for Hankyu in Japan.

#69 Hank Foiles

Henry Lee Foiles
Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.
Born: June 10, 1929 in Richmond, VA
Debut: April 21, 1953 Cincinatti Reds
Final Game: May 2, 1964 Los Angeles Angels
Years with the Angels: 1963-1964

Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Angels on May 26, 1963.
October 14, 1963: Released by the Los Angeles Angels.
April 11, 1964: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Angels.

ANGELS DEBUT:
Top of the first as the starting cather for battery mate Mel Nelson. In his first Angel at-bat flew out to centerfieder Jim Landis off starter John Buzhardt in the first game of a double-header (went 0-4) against the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday, June 5, 1963 (N) at Chavez Ravine.

ANGELS RECORD:
1963-1964
In 88 at-bats over 45 games hit .216. Started 23 games at catcher in 1963.

INTERESTING FACTS:
- Also played for the Reds, Indians, Pirates, Athletics, Tigers, and Orioles.
- NL All-Star (1957) Pirates
- One of very few players to have been selected twice in the Rule V Draft.
- Had two home runs and three RBI to help lift his Orioles over the New York Yankees 4-0 on July 30, 1961.
- Struck-out 3 times in a game 11 times.
- He also owned pitcher Jack Kralick going 10 for 18, hitting .556 lifetime.

#68 Charlie Dees

Charles Henry Dees
First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 173 lb.
Born: June 24, 1935 in Birmingham, AL
Debut: May 26, 1963 Los Angeles Angels
Final Game: October 3, 1965 California Angels
Years with the Angels: 1963-1965

Traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Los Angeles Angels for Jacke Davis on March 29, 1963.

ANGELS DEBUT:
Started the game as the first baseman and recorded the first putout of the game when Wayne Causey grounded out to the pitcher Dan Osinski. Batting third he doubled to left off of Orlando Pena in his first at bat, scoring Billy Moran, and ended the day 1-4 with 9 put-outs in a 6-4 win against the Kansas City Athletics on Sunday, May 26, 1963 (D) at Chavez Ravine.

ANGELS RECORD:
1963-1965
Hit .265 in 260 at-bats, and as a first baseman committed 9 errors in 637 chances for a .986 fielding average.

INTERSTING FACTS:
- Originally signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent before the 1958 season.
- Hit .348 with 23 HR and 115 RBI for the Giants AA team in El Paso in 1962.
- Was 4th in AL in being hit by a pitch 8 times in 1963.
- Continued in the minor leagues through 1966.