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1. John (You Can Call Me Grandma) Murphy Posted: October 09, 2006 at 07:49 PM (#2204969)November 29, 1971
Traded Lee May, Tommy Helms, and Jimmy Stewart to the Houston Astros. Received Joe Morgan, Denis Menke, Jack Billingham, Cesar Geronimo, and Ed Armbrister.
WOW! That was some deal.
Yup... and a three years later they tried to top it with the following:
December 3, 1974: (Lee May) Traded by the Houston Astros with Jay Schlueter to the Baltimore Orioles for Enos Cabell and Rob Andrews.
In 1975, the Reds were steamrolling through the NL with Morgan, Billingham & Geronimo and the Astros were left with Tommy Helms, Enos Cabell and Rob Andrews. I know the emergence of Watson made May expendable, but its too bad they didn't get much more him. Later they converted Helms into Art Howe which dampened some of the pain, but its still an egregious pair of trades.
Traded Lee May, Tommy Helms, and Jimmy Stewart to the Houston Astros. Received Joe Morgan, Denis Menke, Jack Billingham, Cesar Geronimo, and Ed Armbrister.
WOW! That was some deal.
As a teenaged Reds fan, I was horrified by the deal at the time, because Lee May was one of my favorite players. I wrote general manager Bob Howsam expressing my displeasure, and to my surprise, he wrote back a letter explaining why the trade was made.
To my shame, I never wrote him back to apologise after it became clear that it was, in fact, a great trade for the Reds, and helped them win two World Series...
Oh... good point. I noticed the short WS stint and the high seasonal PA and thought there might be a late september injury and then I saw the no-DH in the series thing. I overlooked the fact that May had an OPS+ of 93 that year. Not very DH-like.
Never mind.
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