Tuesday, December 31, 2024

More of Those Vintage TTM Returns

 

Returned in 14 days from his home in New Iberia, LA.
Mr. Fox is 89 years old.
Gave up Maris' 58th home run in 1961.



Returned after 12 days from his home in Poway, CA.
Tom had 200 strikeouts for the Astros in 1969, and along with teammates Larry Dierker and Don Wilson became the second team ever to have three 200+ strikeout pitchers.




Returned in 11 days from his home in Ventura, CA.
He is 80 years old.
Jim was an All-American at Stanford and played on Team USA in the 1964 Summer Olympics where baseball was demonstration sport.
His MLB career consisted of 3 pinch-hit appearances in 1967 for the Angels.



Returned in 18 days from his home in New Berlin, WI.
Mr. Botz is 89.
He went 2-1 with a 3.43 ERA and 2 saves in his only MLB season, 1962.



4 comments:

  1. Cool results especially the added note.

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  2. I'm sure these guys appreciate the requests and brightens their day. The turn around time is great.

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  3. I like the photo of Hibbs with the very 1967 NY couple in the background.

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  4. Any idea who was the first team with three 200+ strikeout pitchers? I tried to look it up, but only came up with the first time with four pitchers (2018 Cleveland Indians: Clevinger, Bauer, Carrasco, & Kluber).

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