The stocky, red-haired slugger, a three-time minor league home run champ, was touted
in Pittsburgh as another
Ralph Kiner. He missed all of 1968 due to a kidney obstruction.
An excellent fielder, he set a ML record for first basemen with eight assists in
one game (6/21/71). His best offensive year was 1970 (.287, 27 HR, 82 RBI). He nearly
matched those figures in 1971, when he was a postseason wrecking crew. He hit three
homers (a record) and drove in five runs (also a record) in Game Two of the LCS against
the Giants, homered again in Game Three, and homered twice in the WS. He slumped
in the next two years, and was only a part-time player after surgery on both knees
in 1974.
(JCA)
Bob Robertson
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