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Ron Kline 1952 (in 1970)
From the Brace lode, by request.
Ronnie Kline was a pretty good pitcher (led the A.L. in saves with 29 in 1965 when the all-time record had been 29, and was just broken - by two - that year by Ted Abernathy) and had 73 in a four-year span in Washington) but a much better survivor.
A 20-year old starter on a 1952 Pirates team whose members proudly proclaimed theirs the worst of all time, he led the NL in losses twice (yet in one of those years would've earned a 4.9 ERA, he lasted until 1970 with nine different teams. After the stay with the Senators he was dealt to the Twins for 1967, back to the Pirates for 1968, to the Giants and then the Red Sox in '69. They then brought him to spring training in 1970 as a non-roster invitee but let him go, and at the end of April the Braves signed him. He pitched only five times and was released on June 15 and finished the season at Hawaii of the PCL.
Brace, however, got him - though I've never seen any evidence he was photographed during his seven-game stint with the '69 Giants.
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