We remember the 3 time All-star, 7 time Gold Glove winner, 1964 National League hits leader, 2 time World Champion and the player that would change the game, Curt Flood. Flood would be 76 today, would pass on in 1997 at the young age 59. You are not lover of baseball, if you do not know what he does off the field to change the game. Flood was born in Houston Texas. He played his high school sports for the Warriors of McClymonds high in Oakland. The same school that gave us Hall of Famers Ernie Lombardi and Frank Robinson. Plus Vada Pinson, Lee Lacy, Jesse Gonder and 6 more. Flood is signed by the Cincinnati Reds in 1956. He plays in 5 games in 56 and 3 in 1957 for those Reds. On December 5, 1957: Traded by the Cincinnati Redlegs with Joe Taylor to the St. Louis Cardinals for Marty Kutyna, Willard Schmidt and Ted Wieand. In 1963, he collects 200 for the 1st time in his career, he also awarded the Gold Glove, which he will get the next 6 seasons. In 1964, he has a NL best 211 hits and named a National League All-star. He earns a ring with those Cardinals in 64. Named an All-star again in 1966. He earns a 2nd ring with the Cardinals in 67 and plays in his 3rd World Series in 1968. His final season with the Cardinals would be 1969. October 7, 1969: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Byron Browne, Joe Hoerner and Tim McCarver to the Philadelphia Phillies for Dick Allen, Jerry Johnson and Cookie Rojas. Curt Flood refused to report to his new team. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Willie Montanez (April 8, 1970) and Jim Browning (minors) (August 30, 1970) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade. November 3, 1970: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with a player to be named later to the Washington Senators for Greg Goossen, Gene Martin and Jeff Terpko. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Jeff Terpko (April 10, 1971) to the Washington Senators to complete the trade He finishes his career playing 13 games for Ted Williams and Washington Senators in 1971......Every player today, should thank this player, when they pick up their paycheck. He pave the way
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 01:13:01 +0000
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