On
the blog today is a card many before have also created, a 1970 edition
featuring Fred “Chicken” Stanley, who made his Big League debut during
the 1969 season with the one-year Seattle Pilots:
The 21-year-old played in 17 games and hit a very respectable .279 over
that time, with 12 hits in 43 at-bats, scoring two runs and driving in
four.
Though he would only play in six games the following year after the team
moved to become the Milwaukee Brewers, he would go on to play 14
seasons as a Major league infielder.
Over that time he was a part of the “Bronx Zoo” New York Yankees teams
that won back-to-back World Championships in 1977/1978, playing in the
Bronx from 1973 to 1980.
After his New York tenure he found himself close out his career with two
seasons with the Oakland A’s in 1980 and 1981, suiting up for former
manager Billy Martin.
By the time he retired, he finished with a career .216 batting average,
with 356 hits over 1650 at-bats in 816 games between 1969 and 198,
scoring 197 runs and driving in 120.