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Post by tonyo on Feb 4, 2007 16:38:22 GMT -5
BERT CAMPANERIS
Bert Campaneris was one of the premier base stealers in the American League during the 1960's and 70's. Born in Cuba in 1942 he broke in with the Athletics in 1964. In 1965 he topped the 50 stolen base mark with 51. He followed that with 52 in 1966 and 55 in 1967. Bert really turned on the burners in 1968 with 62 swipes. In 1969 Campaneris set a personal high with 69.
Bert dipped to 42 in 1970 and in 1972 he again broke 50 with 52. The last time Bert topped 50 was in 1976 with 54. He was sent to the Rangers in 1977 and in 1979 he went to the Angels. He finished his career in 1983 with the Yankees.
Bert was never known as a power hitter and had single digit home run output in every season but one. That was in 1970 when he " blasted " 22. He ended up with 79 in his career. He never topped the .300 batting average mark but he did hit .290 in 1974. He hit .259 over the course of his career. He drove in 646 but he stole 649 bases during his major league career. He was caught 199 times giving him a .765 success rate.
In 1965 Bert even pitched one inning in a game. He struck out one, walked two, gave up a hit and an earned run giving him a 9.00 ERA.
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Post by ericbrat20 on Feb 5, 2007 23:20:48 GMT -5
My grandfather actually went to school with him in Cuba.
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Post by samuellsamson on Feb 11, 2007 9:06:51 GMT -5
Nice - though I think you hit paste twice
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