Quick quiz about players who were like Jackie Robinson.
So, here goes. What do the players below have in common with each other? This shouldn’t take long to solve.
Nippy Jones |
Jackie Robinson |
Willie Mays |
Jim Gilliam |
Juan Pizarro |
Ken Hunt |
John Wathan |
Hint: this may not be an exhaustive list
Congratulations to John Autin, who identified that all of these players played in the post-season in their debut season, and also in their final campaign. The first 6 names all link up nicely with one or more of the others, as either teammates or opponents. For John Wathan? Well, he and Jim Gilliam were both teammates of Tommy Davis, whom Ken Hunt owned, retiring Tommy all four times he faced him, including two strikeouts.