One and Done: 1960-1961

This is the fourth part of my new running theme, unimaginatively dubbed 'One and Done'. Here, I focus on cards of Reds players who, whether it be their only year in the bigs or their only year with the club, found themselves on the Cincinnati roster for only one season, yet long enough to sneak onto a card donning the Cincinnati red. That was a very convoluted sentence that I am choosing not to edit

Today we're looking at 1960 and 1961. Each of these seasons saw 8 single-year Reds. Of these 16, my collection houses 9 of them. Not bad.

Billy Martin. 11 year playing career with 7 teams. 1x All Star (1956). 16 year managerial career with 5 teams. Managed Yankees to a World Series title in 1977. George Steinbrenner's best friend.

With the Reds: 1960, 346 PA in 103 games. 3 HR, 16 RBI, .246

Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish (yes, that's his real name). 15 year career with 7 teams. 1x All Star (1959)

With the Reds: 1960, 151.1 IP in 21 starts and 16 relief appearances. 56 K's, 4.16 ERA, 4-14 record.

Tony Gonzalez. 12 year career with 5 teams. MVP votes in three years ('63, '67, '69).

With the Reds: 1960, 105 PA in 39 games. 3 HR, 14 RBI, .212

Frank House. 10 year career with 3 teams. Nicknamed 'Pig'.

With the Reds: 1960, 28 PA in 23 games. 5 H, 3 RBI, .179

Lee Walls. 10 year career with 5 teams. 1x All Star (1958).

With the Reds: 1960, 103 PA in 29 games, 1 HR, 7 RBI, .274

Hal Bevan. 3 year career with 3 teams. Major league debut in 1952, yet still classified as a rookie on this 1961 Topps. Also, never played catcher.

With the Reds: 1961, 3 PA in 3 games. 1 HR, 1 RBI, .333

Jim Baumer. 2 year career with 2 teams. Not to be outdone by Hal Bevan, debuted in 1949, yet still classified as a rookie on the 1961 Topps.

With the Reds: 1961, 25 PA in 10 games. 3 hits, .125

Jerry Zimmerman. 8 year career with 2 teams.

With the Reds: 1961, 222 PA in 76 games. 42 hits, 10 RBI, .206 (one of his at-bats was docked in later years, hence the discrepancy on this card).

Ken Hunt. 1 year career with 1 team.

With the Reds: 1961, 136.1 IP in 22 starts and 7 relief appearances. 75 K's, 9-10 record.

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Missing from the collection:

Joe Azcue

Bob Grim

Duane Richards

Dick Gernert

Ken Johnson

Sherman Jones

Bob Schmidt

Go Reds.