![]() ![]() If it happened today, I would have noticed that Zachary's FIP (2.82) was much lower than his ERA (5.32), but that was another era.ġ972 - The Tigers traded minor league pitcher Danny Fife to the Twins for veteran pitcher Jim Perry. The only thing that was vaguely memorable was the trade of pitcher Bill Denehy to the Cardinals for pitcher Chris Zachary and the only reason I remember that at all was because my father was a Cardinals fan. I didn't know much about the players they go in return, but it turned out to be one of the most favorably lopsided deals in franchise history.ġ971 - I've got nothing here. I was too young to fully understand what was going on with McLain in 1970 (gambling suspension), but I knew how great he was in 1968-1969. I likely heard about it the next day at the earliest, but I do remember it being the first trade that really impacted me as a young fan. We didn't have Twitter telling us about trades days before they were officially announced back then. I doubt I heard about this trade on my birthday. Keep in mind that 1970 (for example) indicates the move was made in between the last game of 1970 and the the first game of 1971.ġ970 - On October 9, my eight birthday, the Tigers traded pitcher Denny McLain along with utility man Elliott Maddox and infielder Don Wert to the Washington Senators for shortstop Eddie Brinkman, pitcher Joe Coleman, pitcher Jim Hannan and third baseman Aurelio Rodriguez. I chose one move (or two related moves) each year. I'm judging this by my own memory of which moves excited or intrigued me most as they were made. Sometimes, a move seems great at the time it's made and then turns out to be a bad one or an insignificant one. Today, I will do the same for the 1970s and 1980s, By "most memorable", I don't mean "best". ![]() Where were you the day the Tigers traded Mickey Lolich for Rusty Staub?Ī while ago, I listed the Tigers most memorable off-season transactions of the last 25 years. ![]()
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