(08-12-2017, 09:55 AM)BobK link Wrote:Davis and Stone certainly weren't washed up when traded.Â
I'll post shortly but all have been named. No not Orel.
Orel won the 1988 NL Cy Young Award. I was wrong on Bedrosian.
Davis definitely wasn't washed up. He had some grim years as a starter for the Giants earlier in his career, then they moved him to long relief. He left the Giants at age 26 for the Padres, went to the All Star game when he was 27 and 28, with 72 saves between those two years. He went south fast after that, with just 15 more saves, 20 starts and a 14-27 record in the next eight years.
Stone was 11-17 for the Giants his first two years of his career (though his second year was a vast improvement), but he really only had one great season, his Cy Young season when he went 25-7 in 1980 as a 32 year old. He went 4-7 the year after that, then retired. He sure got traded a lot -- five teams in 11 years. Stone was thoughtful and intelligent, Kent State grad, and his first manager, Charlie Fox was...not. Funny bit of trivia, Stone gave up Duane Kuiper's only home run.