Monday, May 11, 2015

Rookie Parade: 1960-1964

Continuing new running theme where we check out some Reds rookie cards. Here are the rookie card rules. 1) The player must have played his first major league game with the Reds. 2) The card must have been issued after the player debuted in the majors, whether it be issued late in the debut year or any time the year after. None of this Bowman first year stuff. None of this multiple rookie year stuff. I'm gonna list every player who got his first major league appearance with the Reds and pray that I have his RC.

I'm doing this in groups of a few years every few days. So it should take me about a decade to finish. Rookie year stats are given. Let's roll.
------------------------------------------------
1960 Rookies

Rogelio Alvarez (no RC) - 3 games, 9 PA, 0 HR, 0 RBI, .111 BA

Joe Azcue (no RC) - 14 games, 33 PA, 0 HR, 3 RBI, .097 BA

Chico Cardenas - 48 games, 153 PA, 1 HR, 12 RBI, .232 BA

Elio Chacon (no RC) - 49 games, 135 PA, 0 HR, 7 RBI, .187 BA

Joe Gaines (no RC) - 11 games, 15 PA, 0 HR, 1 RBI, .200 BA

Tony Gonzalez - 39 games, 105 PA, 3 HR, 14 RBI, .212 BA

Jim Maloney - 11 games, 63.2 IP, 48 K, 4.66 ERA, 2-6 record

Duane Richards (no RC) - 2 games, 3 IP, 2 K, 9.00 ERA, 0-0 record
-----------------------------------------
1961 Rookies

Johnny Edwards - 52 games, 165 PA, 2 HR, 14 RBI, .186 BA

Ken Hunt - 29 games, 136.1 IP, 75 K, 3.96 ERA, 9-10 record

Jerry Zimmerman - 76 games, 222 PA, 0 HR, 10 RBI, .206 ERA
-----------------------------------------
1962 Rookies

Sammy Ellis - 8 games, 28 IP, 27 K, 6.75 ERA, 2-2 record

Tommy Harper - 6 games, 25 PA, 0 HR, 1 RBI, .174 BA

Cookie Rojas (no RC) 39 games, 97 PA, 0 HR, 6 RBI, .221 BA
--------------------------------------
1963 Rookies

Pete Rose (no RC in hand; feel free to send me one) - 157 games, 696 PA, 6 HR, 41 RBI, .273 BA
------------------------------------
1964 Rookies

Tommy Helms - 2 games, 1 PA, 0 HR, 0 RBI, .000

Bobby Klaus (no RC) - 40 games, 100 RBI, 2 HR, 6 RBI, .183 BA

Billy McCool - 40 games, 89.1 IP, 87 K, 2.42 ERA, 6-5

Tony Perez - 12 games, 28 RBI, 0 HR, 1 RBI, .080 BA

Mel Queen (no RC) - 7 games, 7 IP, 9 K, 6.43 ERA, 0-0 record

Chico Ruiz - 77 games, 336 PA, 2 HR, 16 RBI, .244 record
---------------------------------
Go Reds.

1 comment:

  1. Tommy Harper is a guy who bounced around a fair amount, and most people today really don't know who he is. But his 73 SB in 1969 is STILL the Brewers team record for a season and it isn't really close.

    ReplyDelete