1959
Phil Clark lasted a little over one year with the Birds-came
up on April 15th, 1958 and last appearance was April 29th,
1959. He left a 0-2 record, 7.98 ERA in 14 and 2/3 innings.
Gino Cimoli was a local boy from here (San Francisco). He
went to Galileo Academy of Sciences. What a school this must be for sports. It
produced the DiMaggios, Dario Lodigiani, and the much despised O. J. Simpson and
his white Bronco buddy Al Cowlings. Gino
had a 10 year career starting with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1955 and ending the
California Angels in 1965. 1959 was the
only year he spent with the Birds. He had the distinction of being the first
batter in the Majors to bat in a game on the West Coast when the LA Dodgers and
the SF Giants played the first ever West Coast game .
Larry Jackson came up with the Birds in 1955 went on to be a
three-time All-Star games (1957, 1958, 1960) while he was with the Cards. Only Phillies and Cub’s fans may know this but he was traded to the Phillies by the
Cubs for Ferguson FREAKING Jenkins! Great trade Phillies.
Chuck Essegian played a partial year (1959) with the Birds
and was one of the first Americans to play in Japan when he went there in 1964
to play with the Kintetsu Buffaloes. He played in the Rose Bowl with Stanford
in 1952 and in the World Series with the LA Dodgers in 1959, thus becoming only
the second guy to do so.
1960
Bob Duliba spent almost three full seasons (1959-1962) with
the Birds before being traded to the Dodgers. Walt “Moose” Moryn spent almost
one full season with the Birds (1960-1961). Carl Sawatski started out with the
Cubs in 1948 and ended his career with the Birds in 1963. Charlie James is from
the STL and came up with the Cardinals in 1960, spent 4 years with his hometown
club before heading to the Reds in 1965. He was part of the 1964 World Series
Champion Redbirds.
1961
1964
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