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Brooks
Calbert Robinson
1955 - 1977 (Baltimore AL)
Played 23 years. Lifetime
.322 OBA &
.401 SLG%. Won 16 straight Gold Gloves.
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Atanasio
"Doggie" Perez
1964 - 1986 (Cincinnati NL, Montreal NL,
Boston AL, Philadelphia NL)
Left few ducks on the pond.
Had 90+
RBI in 12 seasons - 1,652 RBI in total.
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Donald
Howard Sutton
1966 - 1988 (Los Angeles NL, Houston NL,
Milwaukee AL, Oakland AL, California AL)
324 career wins. Won 20 in a
year
only once - won 14+ 14 times.
3,574 lifetime strikeouts.
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Roland Glen
Fingers
1968 - 1985 (Oakland AL, San Diego NL,
Milwaukee AL)
7-time All-Star closer. 341
career
saves. 20+ saves/year 10 times. 1981
AL MVP & Cy Young. Won 114 games.
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Daniel Joseph "Rusty" Staub
"Le Grande Orange"
1963 - 1985 (Houston NL, Montreal NL,
New York NL, Detroit AL, Texas AL)
2,716 career hits. Lifetime
.362 OBA.
Only 5 players drove in more runs
during the 1970's.
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Ronald
Edward Santo
1960 - 1974 (Chicago NL, Chicago AL)
Only 4 players had more RBI or BB
in
the 1960's. 342 HRs - aided by home
park. 5 Gold Gloves. 9-time
All-Star.
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Vada Edward
Pinson
1958 - 1975 (Cincinnati NL, St. Louis NL,
Cleveland AL, California AL, Kansas City AL)
2,757 career hits - 868 for extra
bases.
305 SBs. Good range in OF.
Didn't walk much.
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Joseph Paul
Torre
1960 - 1977 (Milwaukee NL, Atlanta NL,
St. Louis NL, New York NL)
Caught 903 games and played 787 at
1B & 515 at 3B. 9-time All-Star.
NL
MVP '71. Lifetime .297 BA. 100+ RBI
in 5 seasons.
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Thomas
Edward John "T.J."
1963 - 1989 (Cleveland AL, Chicago AL,
Los Angeles NL, New York AL,
California AL, Oakland AL)
Sinkerball pitcher. Won
double-digits
in 17 seasons. 288 career wins.
Lifetime ERA of 3.34 in 4,710 IP.
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James
Lee "Kitty" Kaat
1959 - 1983 (Washington AL, Minnesota AL,
Chicago AL, Philadelphia NL, New York AL,
St. Louis NL)
LHP appeared in 898 games - 625 as
a
starter. Won 283 w/2,461 K's. 16
Gold Gloves. Won 14+/year 11 times.
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Luis
Clemente Tiant "El Tiante"
1964 - 1982 (Cleveland AL, Minnesota AL,
Boston AL, New York AL, Pittsburgh NL,
California AL)
Colorful Cuban with a corkscrew
delivery. Won 229 games and fanned
2,416. Won 20 games 4 times.
Gave
up only 3,075 hits in 3,486 IP.
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James
Augustus
"Catfish" Hunter
1965 - 1979 (Kansas City AL, Oakland AL,
New York AL)
Won 20 games - 5 years in a row.
224
career wins. Gave up only 2,958 hits
in 3,449 IP. 8-time All-Star. 2,012
lifetime K's versus 954 BB.
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Frank
Oliver Howard
"Hondo" "The Capital Punisher"
1958 - 1973 (Los Angeles NL,
Washington AL, Texas AL, Detroit AL)
1960 NL Rookie of the
Year. 4-time
All-Star. From 1960-71, only 4 had
more
HR & 7 more RBI in the majors.
Huge man.
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William
Ashley Freehan
1961 - 1976 (Detroit AL)
11-time AL All-Star
catcher. No AL
catcher hit more HR or had more RBI
from 1963-75. Won 5 Gold Gloves.
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Orlando Manuel Cepeda
"Cha Cha" "Baby Bull"
1958 - 1974 (San Francisco NL, St. Louis
NL,
Atlanta NL, Oakland AL, Boston AL,
Kansas City AL)
NL Rookie of the Year '58.
NL MVP
'67. Only 9 players had more XBH &
only 6 had more RBI in the 1960's.
Lifetime .297 BA.
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Norman Dalton Cash
1958 - 1974 (Chicago AL, Detroit AL)
Long time Tiger 1B who slugged 377
HRs & had 1,103 RBI. Only 6 had
more HRs in the 1960's.
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Richard
Anthony Allen
1963 - 1977 (Philadelphia NL, St. Louis NL,
Los Angeles NL, Chicago AL, Oakland AL)
Colorful & sometimes
controversial 1B.
NL Rookie of the Year '64. AL MVP
'72. Had 351 HRs w/1,119 RBI & a
career .378 OBA/.534 SLG %.
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Sanford
Koufax
1955 - 1966 (Brooklyn NL, Los Angeles NL)
3-time NL Cy Young. NL MVP
'63.
Career ended at age 31. Pitched 10 full
seasons - 4 lousy & 6 in which he was
the best pitcher on the planet.
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Camilo
Alberto Pascual
"Little Potato"
1954 - 1971 (Washington AL, Minnesota AL,
Cincinnati NL, Los Angeles NL, Cleveland AL)
During the 1960's, only 9 pitchers
had
more wins, complete games or
strikeouts. 5-time All-Star.
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George Charles Scott Jr.
"Boomer"
1966 - 1979 (Boston AL, Milwaukee
AL,
Kansas City AL, New York AL)
8-time AL Gold Glove
1B. From 1966-77
in the AL, only 3 had more HR, 2 more
hits,
1 more RBI or Total Bases. One of
the
best RH batters in the AL in his time.
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