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Merkle923 · 01-04-2017, 08:54 PM

And while we're on the subject of heavily-hyped 1967 New York outfielders obtained from other teams in lopsided trades, here is the very unfortunate Don Bosch.

If you don't know the story, the Mets traded their first starting pitcher to ever record a winning record (Dennis Ribant) to Pittsburgh for Don Cardwell and Bosch, who won the CF job, started the first ten games, led off the first three, and promptly produced splits of .140/.184/.161 (his OPS+ was 1. Cardwell's OPS+ was 38).

Not a lot of color of Bosch, and I never understood his exclusion from the 1967 Topps set since the Mets kept him in New York until the middle of June, and as his 1968 card clearly showed, they photographed him in Spring Training '67 just as Dexter did.

01-04-2017, 08:54 PM	#29858
Merkle923 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 2,189	Don Bosch 1966 And while we're on the subject of heavily-hyped 1967 New York outfielders obtained from other teams in lopsided trades, here is the very unfortunate Don Bosch. If you don't know the story, the Mets traded their first starting pitcher to ever record a winning record (Dennis Ribant) to Pittsburgh for Don Cardwell and Bosch, who won the CF job, started the first ten games, led off the first three, and promptly produced splits of .140/.184/.161 (his OPS+ was 1. Cardwell's OPS+ was 38). Not a lot of color of Bosch, and I never understood his exclusion from the 1967 Topps set since the Mets kept him in New York until the middle of June, and as his 1968 card clearly showed, they photographed him in Spring Training '67 just as Dexter did. Last edited by Merkle923; 08-04-2017 at 12:54 AM.