Dave Boswell, one of three pitchers born in Baltimore to have a 20-win season (the others were Eddie Rommel and Babe Ruth), had a hard-luck career. His first pitch in the major leagues was hit for a home run by Felix Mantilla (over the Green Monster in Fenway Park) and his second major-league pitch was smacked high off the wall by Tony Conigliaro…a homer in every other park, but a double at the Fens.
(In later years, Boswell would misremember Carl Yastrzemski hitting his third pitch down the RF line for a double, but that was in the second inning; Boswell got out of the first with only the one run scoring, and got the first two men in the second, before giving up a hit to the Red Sox pitcher, Pete Charton, and walking Mantilla and Tony C to fill the sacks for Yaz. Still, the Twins got Boz off the hook before falling in 10 innings, 7-6.)
But Boswell eventually won a spot in the Twins' rotation and went 20-12 in 1969, a feat somewhat more impressive for his having missed 18 games after his manager, Billy Martin, beat Boswell unconscious (and left him requiring 20 stitches) in an alleyway behind the Lindell A.C. bar in Detroit that August. Don't f*ck with Billy.
Still, he returned, finished strong, and pitched 9 strong innings in Game 2 of the ALCS against the Orioles. Unfortunately, the game was tied, and in the 10th, Boswell not only lost the game but hurt his shoulder. One game later, the Twins' season (and Billy Martin's career in Minnesota) was over, and in 1970 Boswell struggled to a 3-7 mark.
Ineffective in Spring Training in 1971, Boswell was cut by the Twins, only to be signed by, of all teams, Detroit…which was managed by, of all people, Billy Martin. (Probably Tigers GM Jim Campbell made the move to convince the Detroit fans that his new manager was a different man from the Billy who had fought with Boswell in Minnesota.)
Well, Billy didn't punch Boswell in 1971…but he didn't call for him that much, either. Boswell made only three relief appearances before the Tigers cut him at the end of May; he promptly signed with his hometown Orioles and finished the season with the division winners. But he was cut the next spring, ending his career.
Boswell's 3-game stint as a Tiger doesn't seem to be represented in the Pitchers' Pack (although he's not on the UIN list…) so here is a picture of him taken by Topps when the Bengals came to Yankee Stadium that spring:
Boswell died this July, at the age of 67.