June 1 1970
Around The League
SP Sandy Koufax is rated at 5 stars in the fourth year after his historical retirement. His 1967 and up record is 57-30 with a 2.84 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, and 22.2 WAR. His contract with SF has a player option after 1970 when his contract reduces his pay from $412k to $378k for 1971-73. 1973 has a vesting requirement of 180 innings pitched.
3B Richie Hebner is hitting third for StL and has a .319 batting average for the year with 6 HRs. The Cards kept him in AAA most of 1968. His MLB totals for a bit of 68 through May 1970 are .295 BA with 12 HRs and 5.9 WAR.
The Walking Man, Milton Hite, is playing 2B regularly for the Dodgers. He hit .193 last year but his OBP was .367. He's hitting .192 this year but his OBP has dropped to .338, his lowest since 1963.
SP Don Wilson has a 66-57 record with teams that usually win 70ish games, and a career 3.23 ERA and 1.24 WHIP. His career WAR of 17.7 is a bit higher than historical. It will be interesting to see if his career after his stats run out in 74 is strong like Koufax' is.
1B Donn Clendenon signed with the Mets this year, a year after his real life arrival on the Miracle Mets. He is hitting .325 with 15 HRs. If he doesn't hit another HR for the year and bats .270 the Mets got a bargain on his $43,400 salary.
OOTP hasn't been as generous with 2B Ken Hubbs as it was in my past saves. He fell out of the majors after 1966 when he appeared in only 44 games. He is playing for the AAA Richmond Braves on a $59,900 MLB contract.
Richie Hebner, Donn Clendenon, Ken Hubbs
Last edited by Brad K; 09-05-2023 at 09:28 AM.
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