Word: harrelson
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Hawk" Harrelson, leading RBI man of the American League last year, announced his retirement from baseball yesterday. His announced retirement came after the Boston Red Sox had traded him to the Cleveland Indians Saturday...
Otherwise, the Sox are solid. Tony Conigliaro can see again, and George Scoot can apparently hit again. Other dependable players are Carl Yastrzemski, who distinguished himself last year as the American League's only .300 hitter, Reggie smith, Ken Harrelson, Mike Andrews, Rico Petrocelli, and Russ Gibson...
...came on down." Other defectors also pleaded personal problems. "I can't buy a house and strike at the same time," said Pitcher Pete Richert of the Baltimore Orioles. "You got to keep busy when you have four kids," said Chicago White Sox Catcher Russ Nixon. Though Ken Harrelson, the Boston Red Sox outfielder who led the American League in runs batted in last season, was the only name player to break the boycott so far, several others allowed that they would not hold out long...
...getting unexpected strength from Jose Tartabull and several infielders, including Joe Foy, Ken Harrelson, and Mike Andrews...
...hard to believe that it's really over. From the season opener last April on, the Sox were always down but never out. Hadn't we named them the "Cinderella Kids?" Week after week someone always came along to save them-Elston Howard from the Yankees, Ken Harrelson from the A's, Yaz with a homer, Jerry Adair with a clutch hit. Why should we have expected it to be any different today...