On the blog today, a card that I should have tackled a long time ago, a "Nickname" card for former infielder Fred Stanley, aka "Chicken":
Now,
why he was tagged with that nickname I have no idea, but it was a
nickname I remember as a kid during his time with the New York Yankees
in the late-70's/early-80s.
But
for fun, I created a 1973 card of him for this, showing him as a member
of the San Diego Padres, for whom he played only the second half of the
1972 season.
Stanley originally came up with the Seattle Pilots in
their lone 1969 season, moving with them to Milwaukee in 1970 before
playing for the Cleveland Indians in 1971,
He’d start the year with the Indians, but get shipped off to San Diego after only nine games, appearing in another 39 games for the mustard and brown clad Padres where he’d bat an even .200 with 17 hits over 85 at-bats.
Of course, by the time the new season started in 1973 he found himself as a member of the New York Yankees, where he would go on to play the next eight years, including two championship seasons in 1977 and 1978.
He’d finish off his 14-year career with two seasons in Oakland, playing through the 1982 campaign before retiring with a career .216 batting average, along with 356 hits over 1650 at-bats while generally playing short and second with some third base work thrown in through the years.
He’d start the year with the Indians, but get shipped off to San Diego after only nine games, appearing in another 39 games for the mustard and brown clad Padres where he’d bat an even .200 with 17 hits over 85 at-bats.
Of course, by the time the new season started in 1973 he found himself as a member of the New York Yankees, where he would go on to play the next eight years, including two championship seasons in 1977 and 1978.
He’d finish off his 14-year career with two seasons in Oakland, playing through the 1982 campaign before retiring with a career .216 batting average, along with 356 hits over 1650 at-bats while generally playing short and second with some third base work thrown in through the years.
