TEAM HISTORY Tuesday, 4/4/1976

Final Record :

Paul Minner won the Platinum Glove Award at Pitcher. Bill Serena won the Platinum Glove Award at Third Base. Wins : 76, Losses : 78, Pct. : .494, Position in Division : 5, 11.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1951 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: 1B Pete Runnels. Signing Bonus: $660,000 Round 2 pick: P Phil Paine. Signing Bonus: $35,000 Round 2 pick: 1B Lou Limmer. Signing Bonus: $224,000 Round 3 pick: P George Zuverink. Signing Bonus: $25,000 Round 4 pick: P Leo Cristante. Signing Bonus: $25,000 Round 5 pick: SS Bill Jennings. Signing Bonus: $25,000 Johnny Schmitz won the Platinum Glove Award at Pitcher. Bill Serena won the Platinum Glove Award at Third Base.

Final Record :

Wins : 83, Losses : 71, Pct. : .539, Position in Division : 3, 5.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1952 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: P Gene Conley. Signing Bonus: $270,400 Round 2 pick: RF Lee Walls. Signing Bonus: $84,000 Round 3 pick: P Ron Kline. Signing Bonus: $25,000 Round 4 pick: P Ron Necciai. Signing Bonus: $25,000 Round 5 pick: 2B Skeeter Kell. Signing Bonus: $25,000 Bill Serena won the Gold Glove Award at Third Base.

Final Record :

Wins : 65, Losses : 89, Pct. : .422, Position in Division : 7, 27.5 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1953 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: 2B Jim Gilliam. Signing Bonus: $860,000 Round 2 pick: P Jerry Lane. Signing Bonus: $35,000 Round 3 pick: P Dick Tomanek. Signing Bonus: $25,000 Round 4 pick: LF Harry Hanebrink. Signing Bonus: $25,000 Round 5 pick: P Bobo Holloman. Signing Bonus: $25,000 Willard Marshall won the Gold Glove Award at Rightfield.

Final Record :

Wins : 79, Losses : 75, Pct. : .513, Position in Division : 4, 12.5 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1954 Recap :

Fan loyalty drops to Average...

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: P Don Mossi. Signing Bonus: $0

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: C Lou Berberet. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: RF Joe Taylor Round 3 pick: SS Gair Allie Round 4 pick: RF Nino Escalera Round 5 pick: P Johnny Gray Wayne Terwilliger won the Gold Glove Award at Second Base.

Final Record :

Wins : 63, Losses : 91, Pct. : .409, Position in Division : 7, 33.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1955 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: RF Rocky Colavito. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: 1B Marv Throneberry. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: 1B Gail Harris Round 4 pick: P Don Kaiser Round 5 pick: 3B Bubba Phillips Round 6 pick: P Babe Birrer Preston Ward won the Gold Glove Award at First Base. Jim Gilliam won the Gold Glove Award at Second Base. Johnny Wyrostek won the Gold Glove Award at Rightfield.

Final Record :

Wins : 48, Losses : 106, Pct. : .312, Position in Division : 8, 45.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1956 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: RF Frank Robinson. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: RF Al Pilarcik. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: 1B Art Schult Round 4 pick: P Jim Constable Dick Kryhoski won the Gold Glove Award at First Base. Jim Gilliam won the Gold Glove Award at Second Base.

Final Record :

Wins : 61, Losses : 93, Pct. : .396, Position in Division : 7, 45.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1957 Recap :

Fan loyalty drops to Fair...

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: 1B Ed Bouchee. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: 2B Jerry Kindall. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: P George Witt. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: 2B Milt Graff Frank Robinson was named NL Rookie Of The Year Award ! He batted .290 in 583 AB, with 49 homers and 117 RBI. Ed Bouchee won the Gold Glove Award at First Base.

Final Record :

Wins : 69, Losses : 85, Pct. : .448, Position in Division : 5, 40.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1958 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: P Milt Pappas. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: 1B Jim Marshall. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: C Moe Thacker. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 5 pick: P Al Schroll. Signing Bonus: $0 Jerry Lane won the Gold Glove Award at Pitcher. Jim Gilliam won the Gold Glove Award at Second Base.

Final Record :

Wins : 65, Losses : 89, Pct. : .422, Position in Division : 6, 54.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1959 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: CF Vada Pinson. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: P Orlando Pena. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: P Joe Schaffernoth Round 5 pick: P Gene Snyder

Final Record :

Wins : 82, Losses : 72, Pct. : .532, Position in Division : 4, 16.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1960 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: C Johnny Romano. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: RF Joe Gaines. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: 1B Ray Barker. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: P Sherman Jones. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 5 pick: P Tom Borland. Signing Bonus: $0 Rocky Colavito was named NL-Batter of the Year! He batted .363 in 581 AB, with 50 homers and 127 RBI. Paul Minner won the Gold Glove Award at Pitcher. Johnny Romano won the Gold Glove Award at Catcher.

Final Record :

Wins : 82, Losses : 71, Pct. : .536, Position in Division : 3, 20.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1961 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: 2B Dick Mcauliffe. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: P Rollie Sheldon. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: 2B Ken Hubbs. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: P Jim Duffalo. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: CF Jay Hankins. Signing Bonus: $0 Frank Robinson was named NL-Batter of the Year! He batted .340 in 576 AB, with 56 homers and 156 RBI. Johnny Romano won the Gold Glove Award at Catcher.

Final Record :

Wins : 95, Losses : 67, Pct. : .586, Position in Division : 3, 13.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1962 Recap :

Round 3 pick: 1B Dave Roberts. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: RF Dick Simpson. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 5 pick: P Bob Botz Vada Pinson was named NL-Batter of the Year! He batted .360 in 639 AB, with 31 homers and 118 RBI. Lou Berberet won the Gold Glove Award at Catcher. Vada Pinson won the Gold Glove Award at Centerfield.

Final Record :

Wins : 83, Losses : 79, Pct. : .512, Position in Division : 6, 15.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1963 Recap :

Fan loyalty increases to Average! Round 3 pick: 1B Dick Nen. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 5 pick: C John Sullivan. Signing Bonus: $0

Final Record :

Wins : 66, Losses : 96, Pct. : .407, Position in Division : 9, 32.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1964 Recap :

Team market falls to Below Average.

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: P Sam Mcdowell. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: P Steve Blass. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: 1B Jeoff Long. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: 2B Bobby Knoop. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 5 pick: P Bill Wakefield. Signing Bonus: $0

Final Record :

Wins : 71, Losses : 91, Pct. : .438, Position in Division : 9, 32.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1965 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: P Catfish Hunter. Signing Bonus: $0

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: P Ken Holtzman. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: CF Bill Voss. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: LF Bob Oliver. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 5 pick: P Mike Kekich. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 6 pick: 3B Danny Napoleon. Signing Bonus: $0 Joe Cunningham won the Gold Glove Award at First Base. Clete Boyer won the Gold Glove Award at Shortstop.

Final Record :

Wins : 62, Losses : 100, Pct. : .383, Position in Division : 9, 38.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1966 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: C Dick Dietz. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: P Gene Brabender. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: P Rich Nye. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: C Ken Suarez. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: CF Ed Stroud. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 5 pick: P Ron Willis. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 6 pick: 1B George Kopacz. Signing Bonus: $0

Final Record :

Wins : 83, Losses : 79, Pct. : .512, Position in Division : 5, 14.5 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1967 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: 1B Joe Rudi. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: P George Stone. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: LF Curt Motton. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: 1B Ray Webster. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: SS Tom Matchick. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: P Dave Leonhard. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 5 pick: P Larry Loughlin. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 6 pick: P Cecil Perkins. Signing Bonus: $0

Final Record :

Wins : 74, Losses : 88, Pct. : .457, Position in Division : 7, 22.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1968 Recap :

Round 3 pick: CF Joe Keough. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: P Horacio Pina. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 5 pick: P Ed Sprague Round 6 pick: SS Chico Fernandez Jim Owens was named NL Rookie Of The Year Award ! In 35 games started, he pitched 274.2 innings, fanning 133 and walking 80 batters. Sam Mcdowell was named NL-Pitcher of the year ! In 45 games started, he pitched 378.2 innings, fanning 340 and walking 176 batters. Frank Robinson was named NL-Batter of the Year! He batted .303 in 552 AB, with 51 homers and 137 RBI. Bob Bailey won the Gold Glove Award at Third Base.

Final Record :

Wins : 99, Losses : 63, Pct. : .611, Position in Division : 1. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1969 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: P Gary Gentry. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: P Bob Johnson. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: P Pedro Borbon. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 5 pick: P Al Severinsen

Final Record :

Wins : 99, Losses : 63, Pct. : .611, Position in Division : 2, 10.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1970 Recap :

Round 2 pick: 2B Tim Foli. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: P Ken Wright Round 5 pick: P Greg Garrett Round 6 pick: P Dick Colpaert Sam Mcdowell was named NL-Pitcher of the year ! In 39 games started, he pitched 337.2 innings, fanning 301 and walking 125 batters. Wes Covington was named NL-Batter of the Year! He batted .336 in 598 AB, with 41 homers and 130 RBI. Catfish Hunter won the Gold Glove Award at Pitcher. Dick Dietz won the Gold Glove Award at Catcher.

Final Record :

Wins : 102, Losses : 60, Pct. : .630, Position in Division : 1. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1971 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: 2B Rennie Stennett. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: CF Jimmy Rosario Round 3 pick: P Pete Broberg Round 4 pick: LF Jim Clark Sam Mcdowell was named NL-Pitcher of the year ! In 40 games started, he pitched 343 innings, fanning 336 and walking 149 batters.

Final Record :

Wins : 96, Losses : 66, Pct. : .593, Position in Division : 2, 8.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1972 Recap :

Round 2 pick: 3B Bill Stein. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: C Vic Correll. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: P Dave Tomlin. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: P Steve Lawson. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 5 pick: SS Rudy Hernandez. Signing Bonus: $0 Sam Mcdowell was named NL-Pitcher of the year ! In 41 games started, he pitched 350.1 innings, fanning 337 and walking 132 batters.

Final Record :

Wins : 89, Losses : 73, Pct. : .549, Position in Division : 2, 7.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1973 Recap :

Fan loyalty increases to Good!

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: 1B Steve Ontiveros. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: RF Dick Sharon. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: 1B Sam Ewing. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: SS Jerry Terrell Round 5 pick: P Vic Albury Sam Mcdowell was named NL-Pitcher of the year ! In 45 games started, he pitched 393 innings, fanning 351 and walking 112 batters.

Final Record :

Wins : 106, Losses : 55, Pct. : .658, Position in Division : 1. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1974 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: P Terry Enyart. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: CF Bruce Boisclair. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: CF Morris Nettles. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: P Jamie Easterly. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 5 pick: P Oscar Zamora. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 6 pick: C Jim Deidel Jerry Grote won the Gold Glove Award at Catcher.

Final Record :

Wins : 87, Losses : 74, Pct. : .540, Position in Division : 3, 5.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1975 Recap :

Fan loyalty increases to Very Good!

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: P Pete Vuckovich. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: SS Billy Smith. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: CF Billy Baldwin. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: P Chris Knapp Round 5 pick: 3B Chuck Scrivener Sam Mcdowell was named NL-Pitcher of the year ! In 40 games started, he pitched 337.2 innings, fanning 322 and walking 94 batters. Carlos May won the Gold Glove Award at Centerfield.

Final Record :

Wins : 83, Losses : 79, Pct. : .512, Position in Division : 3, 4.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1976 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: P Scott Mcgregor. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: P Gary Beare. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: CF Juan Bernhardt. Signing Bonus: $0

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