I won eight consecutive gold gloves but didn't win my first until my ninth year as a big leaguer. Jim Kaat, who won 16 gold gloves as a pitcher, considered me a superior fielder.
I was a 3x All Star and a 1x MVP with 24 wins. In 16 years, I was almost equally a starter, a long reliever and a closer. I led the league in wins once and ERA once. I threw a knuckleball on occasion and a sharp curve. In an All Star game, I struck out Whitey Lockman, Jackie Robinson and Stan Musial consecutively.
I was 5'6" and 139 pounds. I turned 100 five weeks ago. I am the last living MVP, the last living MLB player who played in the 1940s and the last living Philadelphia A's player. I am the last living player to have played for Connie Mack. When I pitched for the A's, they averaged 18k in attendance, otherwise, they averaged 8k. I played for seven teams in MLB. I served in the Philippines in WWII.
I was selected by one team in the 1960 MLB expansion draft, then I was traded and became the opening day starter for another expansion team that year. I was part of a trade for a future Hall of Famer, and the trade was thought imbalanced.
In the final month-and-a-half of my 16 year career, I gave up just eight runs in 32 innings, leading my team in an unexpected pennant chase. During that time, I beat Don Drysdale and the Dodgers on a three-hitter.
I'm the answer to the trivia question: Who is the only Gold Glove winner to have played on three teams in one season?
Who am I?
I was a 3x All Star and a 1x MVP with 24 wins. In 16 years, I was almost equally a starter, a long reliever and a closer. I led the league in wins once and ERA once. I threw a knuckleball on occasion and a sharp curve. In an All Star game, I struck out Whitey Lockman, Jackie Robinson and Stan Musial consecutively.
I was 5'6" and 139 pounds. I turned 100 five weeks ago. I am the last living MVP, the last living MLB player who played in the 1940s and the last living Philadelphia A's player. I am the last living player to have played for Connie Mack. When I pitched for the A's, they averaged 18k in attendance, otherwise, they averaged 8k. I played for seven teams in MLB. I served in the Philippines in WWII.
I was selected by one team in the 1960 MLB expansion draft, then I was traded and became the opening day starter for another expansion team that year. I was part of a trade for a future Hall of Famer, and the trade was thought imbalanced.
In the final month-and-a-half of my 16 year career, I gave up just eight runs in 32 innings, leading my team in an unexpected pennant chase. During that time, I beat Don Drysdale and the Dodgers on a three-hitter.
I'm the answer to the trivia question: Who is the only Gold Glove winner to have played on three teams in one season?
Who am I?
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