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New York Times
14-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
What we know about Pete Rose's reinstatement. Plus, Rich Hill is back again
The Windup Newsletter ⚾ | This is The Athletic's MLB newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Windup directly in your inbox. Obviously, we have to talk about Pete Rose. I'm Levi Weaver, here with Ken Rosenthal. Welcome to The Windup! More than 30 years after being placed on the league's 'permanently ineligible' list, and a little more than seven months after his death, Pete Rose — along with 16 others — has been reinstated by commissioner Rob Manfred. Manfred's explanation, paraphrased: Once a player has passed away, it's not like he can do anything else to harm the game, right? It took about one second for everyone to start asking: Does this mean Rose will be posthumously inducted into the Hall of Fame? That committee is made up of 16 people — members of the Hall of Fame, baseball executives and veteran writers. It's not the same 16 people every year, and a player still needs 75 percent of the vote to be inducted (Dick Allen and Dave Parker were voted in by this method last December). The next time the Classic Era committee meets will be December 2027, for the class of 2028. Advertisement It's no guarantee that Rose will make it in simply because he is eligible. As Jayson Stark points out, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens were eligible, too. Heck, so was 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson, who came up short on votes in both 1936 and 1946. Jackson was among those who were reinstated alongside Rose. Does this decision eventually change their fates? Or are their stories an indication of how the committee will handle Rose's case? More Rose: From my column on Rose's reinstatement: The first question is obvious: Why did Manfred reverse course? Though Rose's attorney and oldest daughter surely made heartfelt pleas on behalf of the all-time hit king, it's reasonable to wonder if pressure on Manfred from President Donald Trump had a greater impact. If Trump did indeed help persuade the commissioner, it leads to another question: Can the president succeed in lobbying Rose into the Hall of Fame? Here's guessing that influencing the Hall's committee process would be more challenging, but after Manfred's stunning decision yesterday to posthumously remove Rose, Jackson and others from the permanently ineligible list, who can say for sure? Rose, who died on Sept. 30, wanted nothing more than to be enshrined in Cooperstown, but said on multiple occasions that it would never happen while he was alive. His former lawyer, Jeffrey Lenkov, and oldest daughter, Fawn Rose, met with Manfred on Dec. 17 about taking the first step in that effort and removing him from the ineligible list. Trump, who has been quite public in his support of Rose, met with Manfred at the White House on April 17. Manfred acknowledged Rose was a point of discussion. He certainly was a more likely topic than, say, the state of the Colorado Rockies. The ban Rose accepted in 1989 for betting on baseball was 'permanent,' not 'lifetime.' Based on that language alone, Manfred could have reasonably justified extending the penalty into perpetuity. In 2022, after receiving a letter from Rose asking for forgiveness, Manfred told the Baseball Writers Association of America, 'I believe that when you bet on baseball, from Major League Baseball's perspective, you belong on the permanently ineligible list.' But in a letter to Lenkov, who had petitioned Manfred for Rose's reinstatement, the commissioner wrote on Tuesday, 'In my view, a determination must be made regarding how the phrase 'permanently ineligible' should be interpreted regarding Rule 21,' which addresses betting on baseball by people in the sport. 'Obviously, a person no longer with us cannot represent a threat to the integrity of the game.' Did Rose's death soften Manfred? Was the case presented to the commissioner by Rose's lawyer and daughter singularly moving? Doubtful on both counts, considering Manfred's resistance to reinstating Rose in the past. Only after Trump entered the picture did the commissioner do an about-face. Manfred is nothing if not shrewd. He surely did not want to risk the president embarrassing him publicly on social media. He also likely did not want to get on Trump's wrong side at a time when he is pushing for a direct-to-consumer streaming service for the league, and the migration from broadcast to streaming by professional sports leagues is under government scrutiny. Also, while Trump is known to be pro-management, it's not out of the realm of possibility that, if sufficiently annoyed, he could threaten baseball's antitrust exemption. More here. As I mentioned above, there were 16 others reinstated yesterday, none more well-known than 'Shoeless' Joe. Some of you will already know all of this, but if you're a bit fuzzy on the details of Jackson's career, that's understandable — he played from 1908-1920. Baseball has always been defined by its numbers, so the fastest way to describe Jackson's career is probably this line: .356/.423/.517 (.940 OPS) in 1,332 games over 13 years. When Jackson was banned, his career batting average was eclipsed only by Ty Cobb. I ran a search on Stathead for players with 1,333 or fewer games played and 62.2 or more career bWAR, and here's the list: I guess once a player gets to that point, they tend to keep playing. Jackson didn't, of course. After the 1920 season, he was finished, and so were seven others from the 1919 Chicago White Sox team, after it was determined that a few of the players had accepted payments to lose the World Series intentionally. This was not the first instance of throwing a game, but it was the one that led baseball to hire its first commissioner — Kenesaw Mountain Landis — who doled out the ban. Jackson hit .375 (.956 OPS) in that series, leading to some question as to whether he really participated in the plot. But his testimony on his role was inconsistent at best (Bill Lamb of SABR has an exhaustive and brilliant article on the topic). Advertisement Either way, he was banned for life. More Black Sox: From 2019, Zach Buchanan interviewed Jacob Pomrenke, baseball historian, on correcting some of the myths around that 1919 Sox team. The first thing I looked up when I heard that the Royals had signed Rich Hill to a minor-league contract: Has he played for the Royals? It's a fair question. Hill has played for 13 big league teams: the Red Sox (six years), Dodgers and Cubs (four years each) and one year in Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay, Baltimore, New York (both teams), Oakland, San Diego, Minnesota and — for four batters — Anaheim. So, no. Not the Royals (yet). That means that if he makes it to the big leagues in Kansas City, he'll tie an MLB record by playing with his 14th team (Edwin Jackson currently holds the record all by himself). As you may have guessed, if Hill makes it back to the big leagues at 45 years of age, he would once again — as he was in 2022, 2023 and 2024 — be the oldest player in the league, surpassing Justin Verlander. Here is your annual reminder that this article was written in 2019, which makes this, I suppose, the sixth encore to that last stand. The Dodgers' pitching injuries continue to pile up: Roki Sasaki has a shoulder impingement. Apparently it has been an issue for weeks. Cody Stavenhagen has the inside story on the hiring (and adjustment) process for the Rangers and new hitting coach Bret Boone. Speaking of coaches, Corey Kluber has joined the Guardians as a 'special pitching assistant.' The Braves are back to .500, and Ronald Acuña hit a homer in his first rehab game. World Baseball Classic roster details keep slowly coming out. The latest? Paul Skenes will pitch. An update on Oswaldo Cabrera: He has a fractured ankle. Aaron Judge visited him in the hospital. Advertisement Tyler Kepner tells us how new Pirates manager Don Kelly is trying to right the proverbial ship in Pittsburgh. On the pods: Hall of Fame Manager Jim Leyland joined 'Starkville' to talk about recently fired managers, Rafael Devers and — as news broke mid-recording — the Pete Rose news. Plus Joe Sheehan joined the 'Rates & Barrels' crew to discuss a few takeaways at the season's one-quarter mark. Cardinals Win Streak Counter: The Cards were rained out last night, so it stays at nine games. Most-clicked in our last newsletter: The newser on Oswaldo Cabrera's gruesome injury. 📫 Love The Windup? Check out The Athletic's other newsletters.
Chicago Tribune
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Chicago Tribune
Vintage Chicago Tribune: Nancy Faust's White Sox memories, from Harry Caray to ‘Na Na Hey Hey Goodbye'
It's been a big week for the Chicago White Sox, though it has nothing to do with what happened on the field. The team announced Monday that longtime organist Nancy Faust — who stepped away from The Rate (then known as U.S. Cellular Field) in 2010 after 41 seasons — will return Sunday, Mother's Day, in the first of six appearances at the ballpark this season. Then rumors spread Thursday that newly named Pope Leo XIV, who was born in Chicago, is a White Sox fan who attended a game during the 2005 World Series. His brother confirmed the fandom to the Tribune. So what would Faust play for the pontiff if he were at a White Sox game? 'My kind of Pope that Leo is,' she replied, to the tune of 'My Kind of Town' by Frank Sinatra. And if he were to throw out the ceremonial first pitch, well, there would be just too many options: 'You're the Inspiration' by Chicago; 'Like a Prayer' by Madonna; and 'Jesus is Just Alright' by the Doobie Brothers to name a few. 'It's amazing that in the last century the White Sox have been the team of choice for a U.S. president (Barack Obama) and now the pope,' she said. Faust had a front-row seat — er, bench — to some of the most iconic moments in the team's history. Below she shares her memories of them. As the Tribune wrote earlier this week, the catalyst for Faust's return is thanks to her 'Superstar' friend Dick Allen, who will be posthumously inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on July 27. Allen received 13 out of a possible 16 committee votes in December 2024, clearing the 75% threshold to earn enshrinement in the Class of 2025. He will be joined by Dave Parker, who received 14 votes. 'It's special for me because I've been championing for so long — since I started on Twitter — to get Dick Allen into the Hall of Fame,' she said. 'So it's a really exciting year that we get to go to Cooperstown. And then to get this call on top of it was like all the stars aligned.' Faust, who is credited with being the inspiration for today's walk-up music chosen by players, picked a special tune for Allen when he came up to bat: 'Jesus Christ Superstar Overture.' Here's why she chose it: 'Well, it just happened to be popular at the time and he was doing so well, it just popped in my head, I guess. It was fitting because he was creating such a stir and packing the park, and perhaps even helping to keep the franchise in Chicago. Ever since then, I would never consider playing it for anybody else because he owned the song.' North Siders might not recall that broadcaster Harry Caray belonged to the South Side first. And Faust, too, may have instead led the North Siders in singing 'root, root, root for the Cubbies.' When the Edgebrook native attended North Park University in 1967, Faust's then-boyfriend wrote to Cubs owner Philip K. Wrigley, asking if he would hire her to play 'The Star-Spangled Banner.' Wrigley wrote back a week later to say, essentially, thanks but no thanks. The Cubs' loss was the White Sox's gain. Faust spent 41 seasons — more than 3,000 games — on the South Side, missing only a handful of games because of the birth of her son. (She might have missed another because of Eric's high school graduation, but that game was rained out.) She accompanied Caray's rendition of 'Take Me Out to the Ball Game' and he introduced 'Nancy Faust Night' at Comiskey Park on May 1, 1979. Faust recalls it was Caray who suggested she be moved out of center field and closer to him and the fans. What she remembers: 'In the second year, Harry joined the team and he was, you know, the great promoter of every aspect of a game including the music, right? He just found anything he could say to get people to come out to the park — stuff he couldn't get away with these days. But one of the innocent things was the music. And so, in my third year, I think due to his saying, that's when I was brought in (behind home plate) and that's also when Dick Allen joined the team. That's also when they put my picture on the cover of Chicago Tribune Magazine.' Faust is widely recognized for incorporating popular music into ballpark repertoire and for choosing songs that relate to each player based on their name, number or even their home state. Ever chant 'Na Na Hey Hey Goodbye' when the opposing team pulls its pitcher? That's because Faust played it first. She debuted the Steam tune during a 1977 series against the Kansas City Royals. Almost 46,000 fans showed up to the July 29 game — the largest crowd at Comiskey Park in three seasons, the Tribune reported. (That was until more than 50,000 fans showed up to the July 31 doubleheader.) The 'rags-to-riches, blue-collar' Sox scored four times in the seventh inning to beat the second-place Royals 11-8 and forge a 4½-game lead in the American League West Division. 'It was the most exciting game in the history of baseball since yesterday at Wrigley Field,' Sox third baseman Eric Soderholm said. 'And the game wasn't even the whole show.' Though the Tribune didn't mention the tune by name, reporter Bob Verdi credited, 'an ongoing sing-a-long with Nancy Faust, a continuous burp-a-long with Harry Caray, and finally, you have Jim Spencer partaking in the final out, then throwing the baseball into the stands in right field' for the energy that night at Comiskey Park. 'Weirdest night I've ever spent at a ball park … and the greatest,' said the Sox's Richie Zisk. 'It's like the Christians and lions all over again. I don't know whether the crowd comes here to watch us or we come here to watch them. Whatever it is, it's beautiful.' Mercury Records, which re-released the song in response to the demand created by the 1977 White Sox, gave Faust a gold record in appreciation. What she remembers: 'When I (first) played it, everybody sang along. Then I walked through the Bard's Room (the dining area at The Rate) and someone from the press asked me, 'What was that?' And I said, 'Oh, it's a song called 'Sha-na-na.' That's how well I didn't know it. But I knew after hearing it on the radio and the word goodbye that it would be a good song if a player strikes out. So I probably jotted down C, E flat, B flat, C, just so I could remember the chords and not forget. … It just caught on and it became a theme song. And I remember management saying the next year, 'Well, could you come up with something else now?'' White Sox owner Bill Veeck (pronounced like 'wreck') was known for his infamous promotions. He introduced the first-ever exploding scoreboard and on Aug. 8, 1976, his players wore shorts, which were designed by his wife, Mary Frances Veeck. As Mary Frances would later say, in admiration, 'Bill introduced Bat Day, Jacket Day, Cap Day, a Music Day and many other things. He was criticized by other owners for innovations such as putting names on uniforms, but they didn't hesitate to copy the ones that worked.' Sports flashback: The story behind Bill Veeck's exploding scoreboardWhen no one claimed the prize — a donkey — of one of these Veeck promotions, Faust took it home. She named her Rosita. That was the first of many donkeys for Faust and her family. Mandy, her longtime donkey companion, died last year. While at her winter home in Arizona, Faust put out feelers to find a friend for her remaining mini donkey, Gigi. Now Jackpot — who was captured by the Bureau of Land Management — lives at Faust's north suburban home, too. 'It was rounded up, captured when it was quite young, so it doesn't display a lot of crazy tendencies,' Faust said of Jackpot. What was supposed to be a doubleheader between the Sox and Tigers turned into a debacle. The Sox lost the first game 4-1 but never got to the nightcap. Up to 50,000 people — admitted for just 98 cents and a disco record — showed up for a promotion in which radio personality Steve Dahl took to the field between games to blast thousands of dance-themed discs into oblivion. Disco Demolition at 40: 2 views of an explosive promotion that caught fire at Comiskey Park in 1979Shortly after the detonation, Dahl's fans flooded the field. Ninety minutes, 39 arrests for disorderly conduct and a half-dozen injuries later, the second game was called off. It was ruled a forfeit by the American League on Friday the 13th. Sox owner Bill Veeck didn't agree with the ruling, which was the first forfeit in the league in five years. 'This was a regrettable incident, but not sufficient grounds for forfeit,' he told reporters. 'But we won't go out of business because of it. It seems to me a Chicago paper ran a headline sayin' Dewey defeated Truman some years ago. Did they go out of business?' What she remembers: 'I was playing 'Disco sucks' along with people chanting it until it turned unruly. I was to play 'Do you think I'm disco' for Steve Dahl and he just started singing it without the intro or anything. So then I just fell into place with him. I remember Bill (Veeck) pleading with the fans and how pathetic that was. 'I realized this was kind of serious when I remember looking across the field and seeing flames in the stands. So I thought, 'Oh my goodness, this is serious.' But, I mean, I don't think I realized the full impact until I watched the videos more recently of it.' On this final day at old Comiskey Park, a crowd of 42,849 fans turned out on a glorious, sunny autumn afternoon to say farewell to what had been proclaimed the 'Baseball Palace of the World' when it opened July 1, 1910. Many fans were teary-eyed, realizing that the place where they had spent so many happy times would soon be turned into a parking lot for the new Comiskey Park, which was rising just to the south at 35th Street and Shields Avenue. 'Years from now,' the White Sox ads had said all season, 'you'll say you were there.' By the sixth inning, the Seattle Mariners were leading 1-0, but a triple by Lance Johnson, a single by Frank Thomas and a triple by Dan Pasqua put the Sox ahead 2-1. And that is how it stayed. When it was over, after the crowd had joined Faust for a final rendition of 'Na-Na Hey-Hey Goodbye' — the unofficial victory song of the Sox — veteran catcher Carlton Fisk looked out across the green grass and summed up the feelings of many others in the park. 'I don't know if I want to see it as it's being torn down,' he said. 'I think I'd rather see it now, when it's all up, and then not see it. That way, I've got it in my mind what it was and what it continues to be. I have a lot of things from this ballpark, right between my ears, and I'll keep them right there.' What she remembers: 'Of course, that will always be in my heart. That last game at the old park was the most memorable and all the emotions poured out. Also, I think the Sox were prepared for fans stealing a base or turf or whatever, but no — people just sat in the seats, shook their heads, cried and savored their last day at the ballpark. It was beautiful.' The White Sox won their first World Series since 1917 on Oct. 26, 2005, on the road at Minute Maid Field in Houston. Faust played the last home game in the series — Game 2 — three days earlier. But what stands out most to Faust is how the city celebrated the big win. What she remembers: 'I think what impressed me most was at the rally when everyone was downtown. It was so orderly. I think all of Chicago came out for it — even Cub fans —and I was just so proud to be a Chicagoan.' Did she ever expect to return? 'Probably not,' Faust said. 'I assumed that they would hire another organist, you know? And then the baton would be passed.' Since the age of 4, Faust has always learned to play songs by ear. In retirement, she set out to do something surprising — learn how to read sheet music. 'But, you know, as much as I try, no, it's just not my thing,' she told the Tribune. Faust has been dusting off her catalog. Someone on Twitter told her of their love for the way she played Michael Jackson's 'Man in the Mirror,' so she's boning up on that one. 'I forgot that I ever did it,' she said, 'so I had to learn it again.' Faust also plans to add songs Gen Z will recognize. After hearing Chappell Roan's 'Pink Pony Club' for the first time on Tuesday, she thinks she can have it ready for her Sunday debut. Faust has also taken suggestions, including the disco-themed Dua Lipa song 'Dance The Night' from the 2023 film 'Barbie.' Wait, a disco track embraced by a woman who was at old Comiskey Park on Disco Demolition Night? 'You can't help but love that beat,' she said. 'It gets into your soul.' Thanks for reading!
CBS News
26-03-2025
- Sport
- CBS News
See the full Chicago White Sox schedule for the 2025 MLB season
Opening day for the Chicago White Sox will mark the start of their attempt to rebuild the team after an MLB record-setting 121 losses last year . They will face the Los Angeles Angels in their home opener at Rate Field at 3:10 p.m. Thursday, March 27. The three-game home series against the Angels is followed by another three-game series at home against the Minnesota Twins, before the Sox hit the road for the first faceoffs with the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Guardians, before returning home to play the Boston Red Sox and the Oakland Athletics. Here is a link to the full 2025 White Sox schedule. Nearly every home game for the White Sox features a fan promotion or giveaway, including post-game fireworks nights, $5 Tuesdays, and the ever-popular Dog Day. All Tuesday home games let fans get Modelo or Miller draft beers, Vienna hot dogs or polishes, Beggars pizza, nachos, select Coca-Cola products or Garrett Popcorn Stadum Buttery for only $5. Dog Day is back on April 29, when the Sox host the Milwaukee Brewers. The pregame pup parade is already sold out, but you can still attend with your furry friend by buying a ticket for the Dog Zone. Space is limited and tickets are not transferable. Get more information here. Students can get special tickets at lower prices by signing up for the White Sox U Student Pass . Once registered, they'll be alerted by text up to 48 hours before select games with exclusive ticket offerings. At every Sunday home game the team hosts Family Sundays , with family-friendly activities throughout the ballpark, where kids 13 and younger can run the bases after the game. The White Sox have also teamed up with Exxon Mobil to offer Family Packs , which start at $19. Each ticket purchase includes a hot dog, drink, chips, cookie and souvenir water bottle. For more information about at which games Family Packs are available and how to redeem your extras, click here. The White Sox are celebrating their 125th anniversary , which means a season chock full of special giveaways celebrating the team's rich and storied history. The home game giveaways, mostly on weekends, include a commemorative plush blanket featuring 11 Sox legends whose numbers have been retired: a replica 1907 road jersey; a 1920 replica jersey hoodie; a Dick Allen bobble head; special t-shirts and caps; a 1940s varsity sweater and even a desk radio shaped like Comiskey Park. Elyssa Kaufman contributed to this report.
Yahoo
10-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
CC Sabathia will wear Yankees cap on Hall of Fame plaque, only 2025 inductee not to represent original team
An intriguing question for each year's Baseball Hall of Fame class is which cap an inductee will wear on his plaque. However, among the five-man 2025 class, the only player who really had a question about his cap was CC Sabathia. Sabathia started his career with the Cleveland Guardians, played with them for eight seasons and won an AL Cy Young Award with the franchise in 2007. Yet Sabathia is probably best known with the New York Yankees, for whom he pitched 11 seasons. He won a World Series championship in pinstripes and registered his only 20-win season (21 victories in 2010) with the team. So it shouldn't be a surprise that the Hall of Fame announced on Monday that Sabathia will wear a Yankees cap on his plaque in Cooperstown. He will be the only inductee among this year's class that will not wear his original team's plaque. It's been looking this way for a while. But Dick Allen will go into the Hall of Fame this July as a cap choices announced by the Hall today:Ichiro-MarinersCC-YankeesWagner-AstrosParker-PiratesAll 5 except CC will enter the Hall repping their original teams.… — Jayson Stark (@jaysonst) February 10, 2025 Ichiro Suzuki will wear a Seattle Mariners cap. (Was there any other choice there?) Billy Wagner, who pitched for five MLB clubs, will sport a Houston Astros cap on his plaque. Dave Parker played for six teams during his 19-year career, but played 11 seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates, making them the clear choice. And Dick Allen, elected by the Classic Era Committee, will have a Philadelphia Phillies cap, representing the team for whom he played nine seasons. There has been a misconception over the years that players choose which cap they wear on their plaque. (False rumors about teams paying players to wear their cap have persisted, as well.) While players certainly have input on the matter, the Baseball Hall of Fame ultimately makes the decision. However, some inductees have opted for no logos on their plaque. Perhaps they were afraid to offend any teams or fan bases. Or maybe they just felt it wasn't fair to single out one team over another to represent a player's career. For example, Mike Mussina chose to wear a blank cap on his plaque after pitching 10 seasons with the Baltimore Orioles and eight with the Yankees. Fred McGriff, Roy Halladay, Greg Maddux, Tony La Russa and Jim Leyland are among recent Hall of Famers who opted for a blank cap, as well. "It always starts with a conversation," former Baseball Hall of Fame president Jeff Idelson told the New York Times in 2014. "We work with them with an eye toward 50 years from now, so that a casual visitor won't look at their plaques, scratch their heads and say, 'Huh?'"
Reuters
10-02-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Caps revealed for Hall of Fame Class of 2025 plaques
February 10 - CC Sabathia, who pitched the last 11 seasons of his 19-year Major League career in New York, will be wearing a Yankees cap in his Hall of Fame plaque. The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum announced on Monday the logos for members of the Class of 2025. Sabathia is joined by pitcher Billy Wagner (Houston Astros), and outfielders Ichiro Suzuki (Seattle Mariners), Dave Parker (Pittsburgh Pirates) and the late Dick Allen (Philadelphia Phillies). The five members and/or their families had input on the logos, with the Hall of Fame making the final decision. Inductees had made the pick through 2001. The Class of 2025 will be inducted on July 27 in Cooperstown, N.Y. The plaques will be revealed immediately prior to each electee's induction speech that day. Sabathia, 44, played for Cleveland from 2001-08, winning the Cy Young Award in 2007, before finishing the 2008 season with the Milwaukee Brewers. The six-time All-Star played the rest of his career for the New York Yankees (2009-19). Suzuki, 51, started and finished his career in Seattle. He earned the American League Most Valuable Player and Rookie of the Year awards in his first season of 2001, then left the Mariners for the New York Yankees in a 2012 trade. The 10-time All-Star spent three seasons with the Miami Marlins (2015-17) before rejoining the Mariners in 2019 and retiring after two games. Wagner, 53, played for the Astros from 1995-2003, then the Phillies (2004-05), New York Mets (2006-08), Boston Red Sox (2009) and Atlanta Braves (2010). He was a seven-time All-Star. Parker, age 73, played for the Pirates from 1973-83, winning the Most Valuable Player Award in 1978. The seven-time All-Star also played for the Cincinnati Reds (1984-87), Oakland Athletics (1988-89), Brewers (1990), California Angels (1991) and Toronto Blue Jays (1991). Parker and the late Dick Allen, who died in 2020 at age 78, were elected by the 16-member Classic Baseball Era Committee on Dec. 8. Allen played for the Phillies from 1963-69 and 1975-76, winning National League Rookie of the Year in 1964. The seven-time All-Star also played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1970), Los Angeles Dodgers (1971), Chicago White Sox (1972-74, including the MVP in in 1972) and Athletics (1977).
