[Mick]

IIRC the trade was Frank Robinson for Milt Pappas.  Ranks right up there with Orlando Cepeda for Ray Sadecki.

Edit: I looked it up and besides Pappas the Reds got two nondescript journeymen.

They got Jack Baldschun, who was a pretty good pitcher earlier in his career but had injuries when he joined the Reds.  He went 4-12 for the Reds' minor league AAA team, then joined the Padres as a reliever and went 8-2 over the last two seasons of his career.  Simpson was a very poor-hitting, last-guy-on-the-bench outfielder.

In the years after the trade, Pappas had a 29.4 career WAR, Robinson was 43.4 -- because he was a much better player than Pappas.  I always liked Pappas when I was a little kid.  He played in the big leagues for 17 years, with 12 winning seasons, three .500 seasons and two losing seasons, finishing 209-164 for his career, though his worst years were with Cincinnati.  Stupid trade.

[Mick]

IIRC the trade was Frank Robinson for Milt Pappas.  Ranks right up there with Orlando Cepeda for Ray Sadecki.

Edit: I looked it up and besides Pappas the Reds got two nondescript journeymen.

They got Jack Baldschun, who was a pretty good pitcher earlier in his career but had injuries when he joined the Reds.  He went 4-12 for the Reds' minor league AAA team, then joined the Padres as a reliever and went 8-2 over the last two seasons of his career.  Simpson was a very poor-hitting, last-guy-on-the-bench outfielder.

In the years after the trade, Pappas had a 29.4 career WAR, Robinson was 43.4 -- because he was a much better player than Pappas.  I always liked Pappas when I was a little kid.  He played in the big leagues for 17 years, with 12 winning seasons, three .500 seasons and two losing seasons, finishing 209-164 for his career, though his worst years were with Cincinnati.  Stupid trade.