TEAM HISTORY Tuesday, 4/4/1976

Final Record :

Wins : 85, Losses : 69, Pct. : .552, Position in Division : 3, 4.5 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1951 Recap :

Fan loyalty drops to Average...

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: P Ben Flowers. Signing Bonus: $50,500 Round 4 pick: C Ray Noble. Signing Bonus: $25,000 Hal Newhouser was named AL-Pitcher of the year ! In 42 games started, he pitched 346 innings, fanning 224 and walking 117 batters.

Final Record :

Wins : 85, Losses : 69, Pct. : .552, Position in Division : 4, 6.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1952 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: LF Sandy Amoros. Signing Bonus: $520,000 Round 3 pick: 1B George Crowe. Signing Bonus: $70,000 Round 4 pick: LF Jim Fridley. Signing Bonus: $45,500 Round 5 pick: LF Brandy Davis. Signing Bonus: $25,000

Final Record :

Wins : 79, Losses : 75, Pct. : .513, Position in Division : 4, 16.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1953 Recap :

Fan loyalty drops to Fair... Round 2 pick: RF Bill Renna. Signing Bonus: $98,000 Round 3 pick: C Dick Rand. Signing Bonus: $25,000 Round 4 pick: C Vic Janowicz. Signing Bonus: $25,000

Final Record :

Wins : 64, Losses : 90, Pct. : .416, Position in Division : 7, 32.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1954 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: 1B Joe Cunningham. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: 3B Don Hoak. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: RF Carlos Paula Round 4 pick: P Nellie King Round 5 pick: P Vito Valentinetti Dick Kryhoski won the Gold Glove Award at First Base.

Final Record :

Wins : 52, Losses : 102, Pct. : .338, Position in Division : 8, 47.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1955 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: 3B Brooks Robinson. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: RF Jim King. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: 3B Frank Malzone. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: C Haywood Sullivan Round 4 pick: P Johnny Kucks Round 5 pick: P Floyd Wooldridge Round 6 pick: P Bob Smith

Final Record :

Wins : 76, Losses : 78, Pct. : .494, Position in Division : 6, 15.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1956 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: SS Eddie Bressoud. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: P Bob Trowbridge. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: CF Solly Drake Fred Hatfield won the Gold Glove Award at Shortstop. Hank Edwards won the Gold Glove Award at Rightfield.

Final Record :

Wins : 75, Losses : 79, Pct. : .487, Position in Division : 5, 20.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1957 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: CF Jim Landis. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: C Dutch Dotterer. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: RF Bob Will. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: P Stan Pitula Jerry Coleman won the Gold Glove Award at Second Base. Hank Edwards won the Gold Glove Award at Rightfield.

Final Record :

Wins : 62, Losses : 92, Pct. : .403, Position in Division : 7, 37.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1958 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: LF Leon Wagner. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: LF Chuck Essegian. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: 2B Billy Moran. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: P Dom Zanni. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 5 pick: P Zach Monroe. Signing Bonus: $0 Jerry Coleman won the Gold Glove Award at Second Base. Jim Landis won the Gold Glove Award at Centerfield.

Final Record :

Wins : 60, Losses : 94, Pct. : .390, Position in Division : 8, 39.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1959 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: 1B Harmon Killebrew. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: CF Marty Keough. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: 2B Ray Webster. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: 2B Sparky Anderson Round 5 pick: P Jerry Davie Harmon Killebrew was named AL Rookie Of The Year Award ! He batted .221 in 535 AB, with 43 homers and 108 RBI. Jim Landis won the Gold Glove Award at Centerfield.

Final Record :

Wins : 63, Losses : 91, Pct. : .409, Position in Division : 7, 34.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1960 Recap :

Fan loyalty drops to Poor...

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: 1B Norm Cash. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: C Clay Dalrymple. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: P Dick Stigman. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: P Mel Nelson. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 5 pick: C Ed Sadowski. Signing Bonus: $0 Norm Cash was named AL Rookie Of The Year Award ! He batted .295 in 352 AB, with 38 homers and 96 RBI.

Final Record :

Wins : 66, Losses : 87, Pct. : .431, Position in Division : 8, 20.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1961 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: P Juan Marichal. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: P Jim Archer. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: P Ken Mcbride. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: P Ed Hobaugh. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 5 pick: C Ron Henry. Signing Bonus: $0 Jim Archer was named AL Rookie Of The Year Award ! In 34 games started, he pitched 282 innings, fanning 115 and walking 96 batters. Joe Ginsberg won the Gold Glove Award at Catcher.

Final Record :

Wins : 94, Losses : 68, Pct. : .580, Position in Division : 2, 4.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1962 Recap :

Round 5 pick: 2B Dal Maxvill Norm Cash was named AL-Batter of the Year! He batted .331 in 562 AB, with 61 homers and 160 RBI.

Final Record :

Wins : 79, Losses : 83, Pct. : .488, Position in Division : 8, 14.5 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1963 Recap :

Bob Trowbridge won the Gold Glove Award at Pitcher. Del Crandall won the Gold Glove Award at Catcher. Eddie Bressoud won the Gold Glove Award at Shortstop.

Final Record :

Wins : 83, Losses : 79, Pct. : .512, Position in Division : 4, 7.5 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1964 Recap :

Round 4 pick: C Tom Satriano. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 5 pick: P Sterling Slaughter. Signing Bonus: $0 Eddie Bressoud won the Gold Glove Award at Shortstop.

Final Record :

Wins : 71, Losses : 91, Pct. : .438, Position in Division : 9, 23.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1965 Recap :

Team market falls to Big.

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: P Steve Carlton. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: P Nelson Briles. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: P Darold Knowles. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: C Bob Barton. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 5 pick: P Frank Carpin. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 6 pick: CF Ross Moschitto. Signing Bonus: $0 Dick Rand won the Gold Glove Award at Catcher.

Final Record :

Wins : 84, Losses : 78, Pct. : .519, Position in Division : 5, 19.5 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1966 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: CF Rick Monday. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: SS Gene Michael. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: P Ron Keller. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: P Bucky Brandon. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 5 pick: P Bill Connors. Signing Bonus: $0

Final Record :

Wins : 80, Losses : 82, Pct. : .494, Position in Division : 6, 25.5 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1967 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: P Sparky Lyle. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: C Hal King. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: P Pat Dobson. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: P Ken Brett. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 5 pick: 3B Joe Moock. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 6 pick: P Billy Rohr. Signing Bonus: $0

Final Record :

Wins : 80, Losses : 82, Pct. : .494, Position in Division : 6, 23.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1968 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: CF Dusty Baker. Signing Bonus: $0

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: 2B Hal Mcrae. Signing Bonus: $0

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: CF Larry Hisle. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: SS Freddie Patek. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: P Vicente Romo. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: P Daryl Patterson. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 5 pick: P Danny Lazar Rick Monday won the Gold Glove Award at Leftfield.

Final Record :

Wins : 64, Losses : 98, Pct. : .395, Position in Division : 9, 43.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1969 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: C Rick Dempsey. Signing Bonus: $0

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: P Gene Garber. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: 1B Terry Crowley. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: CF Bill Russell. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: 2B Chip Coulter. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 5 pick: P John Noriega. Signing Bonus: $0

Final Record :

Wins : 58, Losses : 104, Pct. : .358, Position in Division : 6, 45.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1970 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: P Bert Blyleven. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: P Milt Wilcox. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: SS Roger Metzger. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: C Gene Lamont Round 5 pick: P Ken Reynolds Round 6 pick: P Harvey Shank Jerry Reuss won the Gold Glove Award at Pitcher. Hal King won the Gold Glove Award at Catcher.

Final Record :

Wins : 79, Losses : 83, Pct. : .488, Position in Division : 4, 22.5 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1971 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: 1B Dave Kingman. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: P Don Rose. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: 2B Ron Theobald Round 4 pick: 1B Gomer Hodge Round 5 pick: P Terry Ley

Final Record :

Wins : 75, Losses : 87, Pct. : .463, Position in Division : 4, 24.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1972 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: CF Garry Maddox. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: P Lynn Mcglothen. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: SS Mick Kelleher. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 5 pick: P Dave Sells. Signing Bonus: $0

Final Record :

Wins : 73, Losses : 89, Pct. : .451, Position in Division : 6, 28.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1973 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: 1B Andre Thornton. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: 3B Phil Garner. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: P Larry Christenson. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: P Dick Pole. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 5 pick: 1B Orlando Alvarez

Final Record :

Wins : 66, Losses : 95, Pct. : .410, Position in Division : 6, 37.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1974 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: SS Robin Yount. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: P Vern Ruhle. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: P Ed Figueroa. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: SS Ivan Dejesus. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 5 pick: P Jack Kucek. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 6 pick: P Larry Hardy. Signing Bonus: $0 Oscar Gamble won the Gold Glove Award at Leftfield. Garry Maddox won the Gold Glove Award at Centerfield.

Final Record :

Wins : 96, Losses : 65, Pct. : .596, Position in Division : 2, 4.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1975 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: SS Bob Bailor. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: 1B Mike Squires. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: P Pablo Torrealba. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: P Mike Barlow Round 5 pick: P Greg Terlecky Vern Ruhle was named AL Rookie Of The Year Award ! In 41 games started, he pitched 336.2 innings, fanning 119 and walking 82 batters. Oscar Gamble won the Gold Glove Award at Centerfield. Garry Maddox won the Gold Glove Award at Rightfield.

Final Record :

Wins : 88, Losses : 74, Pct. : .543, Position in Division : 2, 28.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1976 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: P Mark Fidrych. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: P Mike Krukow. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: C Bruce Kimm. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: P Mike Proly

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