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Phillies 50: Forgotten 1974 - Mike Rogodzinski

Phillies 50: Forgotten 1974 – Mike Rogodzinski

For fans of the Philadelphia Phillies who were around and following the team back in the early 1970’s, the ‘Phillies 50’ position player representative chosen for that club will probably be easily remembered if for nothing other than his name.

Mike Rogodzinski was the lesser known player with a name ending in “zinski” from those days, with Phillies Wall of Fame slugger Greg Luzinskiobviously far…

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Phillies 50: Forgotten 1974 - Erskine Thomason

Phillies 50: Forgotten 1974 – Erskine Thomason

The ‘Phillies 50’ series pitching entry from the 1974 ball club is another who fits absolutely perfectly into the definition of minimal impact on both that year’s ball club and Major League Baseball as a whole.

Right-hander Erskine Thomason had been the 22nd round pick of the Phillies in the 1970 MLB Amateur Draft out of, believe it or not, Erskine College in his native South Carolina.

Thomason…

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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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Phillies 50: Forgotten 1975 - Cy Acosta

Phillies 50: Forgotten 1975 – Cy Acosta

The pitching entry for the 1975 Philadelphia Phillies in this ‘Phillies 50’ series on those who had a minimal impact on each team from 1971-2019 as well as in their MLB career is a right-hander who was appearing in his fourth and final MLB season.

Having had his contract purchased from the Chicago White Sox during spring training of 1975, Cy Acostawould appear in a half-dozen games on the mound…

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Phillies 50: Forgotten 1976 - Fred Andrews

Phillies 50: Forgotten 1976 – Fred Andrews

The Philadelphia Phillies won their first-ever National League East Division crown during the Bicentennial year of 1976, making the first postseason appearance by the franchise since the 1950 Whiz Kids.

This is the first Phillies team in our ‘Phillies 50’ series that will not have a pitching representative. The two factors in selecting players to be featured in the series were that they made a…

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Phillies 50: Forgotten 1977 - Mike Buskey

Phillies 50: Forgotten 1977 – Mike Buskey

The only six games and eight plate appearances of Mike Buskey‘s career in Major League Baseball came with the 1977 Philadelphia Phillies. That makes him the perfect position player representative from that club for this ‘Phillies 50’ series.

A San Francisco, California native, Buskey signed prior to the 1971 MLB season with the Chicago White Sox as an undrafted free agent out of the University of…

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Phillies 50: Forgotten 1977 - Manny Seoane

Phillies 50: Forgotten 1977 – Manny Seoane

In 1977 the Philadelphia Phillies captured their second consecutive NL East Division crown and set a franchise record by winning 101 games during the regular season.

One of the key factors for that Phillies ball club success was a pitching staff that remained largely healthy and intact for nearly the entire year. Manager Danny Ozarkonly utilized 13 arms all season long. Five starting pitchers…

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Phillies 50: Forgotten 1978 - Kerry Dineen

Phillies 50: Forgotten 1978 – Kerry Dineen

The 1978 Philadelphia Phillies position player entry for this ‘Phillies 50’ series on players who had just a small impact on their particular ball club and in MLB overall sounds more like a Philadelphia Flyers hockey player to me.

Kerry Dineenappeared in just five games with those 1978 Phillies and received nine plate appearances. They were the final games and at-bats of his career in Major…

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