Time for our next player to be named to my 1960s All-Decade All-Star team, with today's entry the American League shortstop of the 1960s, and I chose Luis Aparicio:
Now, this
pick was NOT as easy as many would think, as I was seriously considering
Loa Angeles Angels shortstop Jim Fregosi for the honor.
But when it came down to it, I went with "Little Louie".
Aparicio had a fine decade in the 1960s, pacing the American
League in stolen bases with five crowns from 1960-1964, winning a World
Series with the Orioles in 1966, being named to five all-star teams, and
winning six Gold Gloves.
All in all I just feel he was a lot more solid overall than
Fregosi, who had a nice run of offensive seasons from the mid-60's to
1969.
Aparicio even had six years during the decade where he got some
M.V.P. attention, with a peak finish of ninth in that championship 1966
season at Baltimore.
Not too shabby for a man who would go on to be selected for the Hall of Fame, an honor worthy of the perennial All-Star.
