Word: buzhardt
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Detroit pitchers conned most predicters last year, but Hank Aguirre slumped to 3-9, Joe Sparma to 2-7, Mickey Lolich and Bill Monbouquette to ERA's over 4.70. The White Sox starters had good ERA's but mediocre records, and a corps which opens with journeyman John Buzhardt can't be too imposing. California's roster doesn't contain a single starter sure of winning five games. The Twins' staff includes three recent 20-game winners, but only unspectacular Jim Kaat has ever had another season in which he topped 15. Cleveland has Sam McDowell, the league's best...
...hitting a fancy .301. Leftfielder Danny Cater, ex of the Philadelphia Phillies, is the league's No. 3 batter at .328. Catcher John Romano, who bounced from the White Sox to the Cleveland Indians and 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...
...need is a few lucky hits," says Lopez. "Pitching puts us where we are." His staff, consisting largely of hurlers let go by other teams, has compiled an earned-run average of 2.76, easily tops in the majors. Lopez got Juan Pizarro (16-6) from Milwaukee, John Buzhardt (10-6) from Philadelphia, and Ray Herbert (6-4) from Kansas City. Gary Peters (13-7) and Joe Horlen (9-8) came up from Sox farms. In the bullpen, ex-Oriole Hoyt Wilhelm at 41 has brought his dancing knuckle ball into no fewer than 56 games this year...
They won the first game 2-1 and the third game 4-2 on a combination of Yankee errors and Reliefer Wilhelm's knuckle ball, walked off with the fourth game 5-0 on a seven-hitter by John Buzhardt. But the second game was the one Lopez savored. With the score tied 3-3 in the tenth inning, Chicago got two men on with two out. Up stepped Rightfielder Mike Hershberger, a .233 hitter. "I'm gonna hit a home run," he vowed. Fat chance. But his sharp single to right won the game...
...White Sox, too, look like a respectable ball club, but whether their mound staff can hold up for an entire summer is an open question. Behind Ray Herbert the Sox have only demonstrated mediocrities like Johnny Buzhardt and Joel Horlen, who may not be able to hold their pace...