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October 9, 1970: [Denny McLain] Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Elliott Maddox, Norm McRae, and Don Wert to the Washington Senators for Ed Brinkman, Aurelio Rodriguez, Joe Coleman, and Jim Hannan.

I just had to mention this.

RA+ PythPat equivalent record: 25-12 and 23-13 for the two years 1968-69 but 64-73 over the rest of his career for an overall 112-98. Low number of IP/decision. Nowhere close to being Dizzy Dean; Smokey Joe Wood (without the OF play) is a better comp, and I'd prefer Wood.

As for jwb's comment: I have his equivalent record for the '71 Senators as 9-15. That's probably sub-replacement, but it's not as ugly as 10-22. Rodriguez would go on to play well over a thousand games for the Tigers (hitting like a dead-ball 3B), and Coleman would be a better-than-average workhorse for several more years.

Smokey Joe Wood (without the OF play) is a better comp, and I'd prefer Wood.

As a person, too.

As a person, too.

What kind of team could you put together out of MLB players who did jail or prison time before, during, or after their playing careers? "Before" gets you Ron LeFlore, "during" gets you Mike Donlin (and Willie Wilson?), and "after"? Rose, Cepeda, ...

What kind of team could you put together out of MLB players who did jail or prison time before, during, or after their playing careers? "Before" gets you Ron LeFlore, "during" gets you Mike Donlin (and Willie Wilson?), and "after"? Rose, Cepeda, ...

Anyone ever play WhatIfSports?

I just finished reading Tris Speaker's biography. My guess is that Wood was a good guy after he left baseball. While playing, he was very anti-Catholic, and was possibly involved in some betting on the 1912 Series. And of course, he was knowledgeable about the Cobb/Speaker/Leonard "fixed" game.