The Phillies lost veterans Tony Gonzalez, Roberto Pena (to the Padres), Bobby Wine, and Gary Sutherland (Expos). They also lost pitching prospects Steve Arlin (Padres) and Mike Wegener (Expos).
This is the 2nd of Mike Wegener’s 3 baseball cards (1969-71). He was signed by the Orioles in 1964, and after one season was selected by the Phillies in the minor-league draft.
After a 10-13 class-A season in 1965, Mike missed most of the 1966 season and spent the ’67 season in class-A. Promoted to AAA in 1968, he went 4-12 and was lost to the Expos in the expansion draft (the 15th overall selection).
Wegener spent all of 1969 and 1970 with the Expos, compiling a record of 8-20 in 57 games, mostly as a starting pitcher. Late in 1970, he gave up Willie Mays’ 3000th hit.
His final big-league game was on 9/26/1970, then he spent the remainder of his career pitching in triple-A for the Expos (1971-73), Mets (1973-75), and Giants (1976-77). After 1971, he was primarily a relief pitcher.
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3 comments:
He was the first player I ever met. I met him while he was playing for Tidewater.
"highest per game average on record"??? Lol are we talking about sports or the weather?
Now that's what I call a rhapsody in blue. The sky, the Expos uniform, and the eyes. What a photo.
And the expression. If there was an all-reverent team, he'd be on it. Either that or he's getting the signal from a 20'-tall catcher.
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