Charley Lau

He was signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent. 272 in 92 games. The title character (played by Jason Robards Jr.

After the Baltimore Orioles purchased him from the Braves in 1962 he adopted a contact hitter's batting stance (feet wide apart bat held almost parallel to the ground). 194 in 23 games he was sold by the Orioles to the Kansas City Athletics on July 1 1963 hitting. After spending three seasons with the organization (1956 1958–1959) he was traded (with Don Lee) to the Milwaukee Braves for Casey Wise Don Kaiser and Mike Roarke.