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After leading Cleveland relievers with 12 saves (1.63) as a 1968 rookie, Romo was traded to Boston the next year and finished that season with 11 saves. In 1973 he became the Padres' first Mexican-born player in 1973. He returned to Mexico, where he pitched for eight years before reappearing in the majors with the Dodgers in 1982. He went 1-2 with a save, giving him career totals of 33 losses and 52 saves, exactly the same as his brother Enrique. (JCA)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » April 19, 1969: Boston trades last year's 1B Ken Harrelson and pitchers Dick Ellsworth and Juan Pizarro to Cleveland for pitchers Sonny Siebert and Vincente Romo and C Joe Azcue. » July 9, 1970: Dalton Jones of the Tigers loses a grand slam against the Red Sox when he passes teammate Don Wert on the base paths. Jones pinch hits for Jim Price and belts a 2-2 pitch from Vincente Romo into the RF upper deck for a grand slam. However, he passes Wert between first and second and is called out, ending up with a 3-RBI single.