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Phillies 50: Forgotten 1973 - Ron Diorio and Dave Wallace

Phillies 50: Forgotten 1973 – Ron Diorio and Dave Wallace

Since the 1975 Phillies had no pitching representative fitting the ‘Phillies 50’ series definition of little impact on that year’s club combined with minimal career MLB impact, we’ll make it up by highlighting two pitchers who fit the bill with the 1973 Philadephia Phillies.

Dave Wallace was a right-hander signed as an undrafted amateur free agent out of a Connecticut high school in 1969. Ron…

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Phillies 50: Forgotten 1975 - Larry Fritz

Phillies 50: Forgotten 1975 – Larry Fritz

There may be no more perfect candidate in the entirety of this ‘Phillies 50’ series than the position player entry from the 1975 ball club. He stepped to the plate as a pinch-hitter in a single late-May game in what would prove to be the lone plate appearance and game in his big-league career.

Larry Fritzwas chosen by the New York Mets in the MLB June 1969 Secondary Phase draft process. He would…

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