Word: bullpens
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...right to do that." At 42, he compiled a season record of 23 victories against only seven losses, thus winning 20 or more games a season for the 13th time. Last year Milwaukee Manager Bobby Bragan decided that Spahn had lost his touch, relegated him to the bullpen. Spahn ended the season with six wins and 13 losses...
...Outfielder Roger Maris was still out with a pulled muscle in his thigh; Catcher Elston Howard, his right arm in a cast, was earning his keep as a TV announcer. Star Pitcher Whitey Ford (1964 record: 17-6) lost his fourth straight game and was banished briefly to the bullpen-prompting one wag to remark, "This year, the bullpen is mightier than the Ford." And all this while, Al Lopez's White Sox were winning nine out of eleven and leading the American League by two full games...
...back again, has three home runs, 16 RBIs to his credit. Pitcher John Buzhardt, who never won more than ten games in any of his six previous big-league seasons, is sporting a 4-0 record and an earned-run average of 1.53-second lowest in the league. The bullpen crew is headed by a couple of well-traveled knuckle-bailers: Hoyt Wilhelm and Eddie Fisher, who between them have toiled for 14 pro teams. Their combined record this spring: two victories, one loss, twelve saves...
...Braves are also the same on the mound, unfortunately, with only Tony Cloninger (19-14) and Denny Lemaster (14-11) as reliable starters. Dan Osinski, acquired from the Angels, is expected to blossom into the bullpen "stopper" the Braves desperately need, but Osinski never did so in the American League...
...York starting pitchers are Jim Bouton (18-13) and Al Downing (13-8). Bouton will have a good season, but Downing has always been wild and erratic. Although he led the league in strikeouts last year, the southpaw fastballer walked 120 men in 244 innings. The New York bullpen is totally inadequate, with nonentities like Pete Mikkelson, Hal Reniff, and Stan Williams...