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Post by dukecrunchybagel on Jun 24, 2014 16:22:00 GMT -5
My greatest claim to Reds fame was that I was the first to leave the team in the 1968 expansion draft. I was with the Reds as a fourth outfielder and hit 10 homers for one year.
I was one of six players to hit twenty home runs during a single season for the team I played with before the Reds.
After the Reds, I had the first three home-run game ever for my new franchise.
Who am I?
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Post by psuhistory on Jun 24, 2014 22:57:00 GMT -5
I don't know this player, DCB, but the record belongs to the Braves: Aaron and Matthews were in that group...
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Post by Lark11 on Jun 24, 2014 23:11:16 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm out of my depth on this one.
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Post by psuhistory on Jun 24, 2014 23:50:27 GMT -5
Alex Johnson left the Reds around this time, but he was traded, not drafted...
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Post by dukecrunchybagel on Jun 25, 2014 16:10:52 GMT -5
I don't know this player, DCB, but the record belongs to the Braves: Aaron and Matthews were in that group... That is correct, we got him in a deal with the Braves. |
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Post by dukecrunchybagel on Jun 25, 2014 16:14:41 GMT -5
Alex Johnson left the Reds around this time, but he was traded, not drafted... Johnson was traded with Chico Ruiz to the Angels for Pedro Borbon, Jim McGlothlen, & Vern Geishert. |
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Post by rufralf on Jun 25, 2014 19:52:41 GMT -5
Mack Jones?
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Post by dukecrunchybagel on Jun 26, 2014 13:35:56 GMT -5
We have a winner - great job, rulfralf! Mack Jones was one of six players to hit more than 20 home runs for the 1965 Milwaukee Braves, in their final season up north, along with Hank Aaron, Eddie Mathews, Joe Torre, Felipe Alou, & Gene Oliver when launched 31. He suffered a shoulder injury in 1966 but bounced back to hit 21 dingers and was then the major prize rested from the Braves in the Deron Johnson deal along with pinch-hitter Jim Beauchamp and reliver Jay Ritchie. Mack the Knife was part of a crowded Reds outfield in 1968 regularly spelling Rose, Pinson, & Alex Johnson. He played in 103 games, putting up a .252/.341/.427 slash line with 10 dingers. Given the crowd in the outfield, Jones was left unprotected and became the second Montreal Expo (after Manny Mota) where he became the regular left fielder and part of the opening day lineup. Jones hit the very first MLB home run in Canada (a three-run game winner) and had one of his best seasons for the inaugural Expos with a .270./.379/.488 line and 22 HRs , 79 RBIs. Shoulder problems continued to plague Jones and he was limited to 108 games in 1970 before finally calling it quits midway through the 1971 campaign. Jones passed away in 2004 due to stomach cancer.  |
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Post by psuhistory on Jun 26, 2014 14:35:15 GMT -5
Good one, we could use him now...
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