RIP Willie McCovey

Ahhh. Those were the days i still followed pro-baseball.

Back when 25 homeruns was a pretty big deal.

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RIP Stretch…. ROY in 1959, after getting called up in July 30…… List of Rookies in 1959 below, includes Maury Wills, Bob Gibson,

Weird seeing him with the Padres and A’s…. like seeing Johnny U. as a Charger or Joe Willie Namath as a Ram…..

“””In his Major League debut on July 30, 1959, McCovey went four-for-four against Hall-of-Famer Robin Roberts of the Philadelphia Phillies with two singles and two triples. In 52 major league games, he had a .354 batting average and 13 home runs. He was named the National League’s (NL) Rookie of the Year.[5] He won the NL Player of the Month Award in August, his first full month in the majors (.373, 8 HR, 22 RBI). He had a 22-game hitting streak, setting the mark for San Francisco Giants rookies, four short of the all-time team record.””

1959 MLB Rookies below…. *Sparky Anderson… I wonder if he had gray hair back then. hard to imagine seeing him with any other hair color…..

Bob Allison
George Altman
*Sparky Anderson HOF
Jim Baxes
Gary Blaylock
Marshall Bridges
Ernie Broglio
John Buzhardt
Johnny Callison
Jerry Casale
Nelson Chittum
Jim Coates
Bennie Daniels
Don Demeter
Dutch Dotterer
Chuck Essegian
Ron Fairly
Jack Fisher
Bob Gibson HOF
Eli Grba
Lenny Green
Pumpsie Green
Kent Hadley
Jay Hook
Joe Koppe
Steve Korcheck
Bobby Locke
Lee Maye
Jim McAnany
Willie McCovey HOF
Bob Miller
Jim O’Toole
Gene Oliver
Bobo Osborne
Jim Owens
Orlando Pena
Jim Perry
Vada Pinson
Dick Ricketts
John Romano
Ron Samford
Al Schroll
Larry Sherry
Russ Snyder
Willie Tasby
John Tsitouris
Jerry Walker
Maury Wills
Ted Wills
Gary Blaylock
Marshall Bridges
Ernie Broglio
John Buzhardt
Jerry Casale
Nelson Chittum
Jim Coates
Bennie Daniels
Jack Fisher
Bob Gibson HOF
Eli Grba
Jay Hook
Bobby Locke
Bob Miller
Jim O’Toole
Jim Owens
Orlando Pena
Jim Perry
Dick Ricketts
Al Schroll
Larry Sherry
John Tsitouris
Jerry Walker
Ted Wills

Gary Blaylock
Marshall Bridges
Ernie Broglio
John Buzhardt
Jerry Casale
Nelson Chittum
Jim Coates
Bennie Daniels
Jack Fisher
Bob Gibson HOF
Eli Grba
Jay Hook
Bobby Locke
Bob Miller
Jim O’Toole
Jim Owens
Orlando Pena
Jim Perry
Dick Ricketts
Al Schroll
Larry Sherry
John Tsitouris
Jerry Walker
Ted Wills

• This reply was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by joemad.
• This reply was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by joemad.