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Jose Rafael Santiago
Boston Red Sox
Pitcher
Born: August 15, 1940, Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico
Signed: Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent before 1959 season
Major League Teams: Kansas City Athletics 1963-1965; Boston Red Sox 1966-1970
World Series Appearances: Boston Red Sox 1967
Jose "Palillo" Santiago was an American League pitcher who spent eight seasons with the Athletics and Red Sox. Santiago made his debut as a September call-up in 1963, and then became a frequently used member of the Athletics pitching staff in 1964. He was 0-6 that season for the 10th place club, with a 4.73 ERA in 34 appearances and 83 2/3 inning pitched. That would represent the most action Santiago had in the majors until he was sold to the Red Sox following the 1965 season. In Boston, Santiago enjoyed solid seasons in 1966 and 1967, winning 12 games each year and throwing a career high 172 innings in 1966. He didn't fare well in the 1967 World Series, coming out as the losing pitcher in Games 1 and 4. His Game 1 performance was solid though, as he allowed only two runs over his seven innings of work, but unfortunately his opponent from the Cardinals was Bob Gibson (#200). The Cardinals won that first game 2-1, with the Red Sox sole run coming on a home run from Santiago. The Cardinals would win the Series in seven games.
Jose "Palillo" Santiago was an American League pitcher who spent eight seasons with the Athletics and Red Sox. Santiago made his debut as a September call-up in 1963, and then became a frequently used member of the Athletics pitching staff in 1964. He was 0-6 that season for the 10th place club, with a 4.73 ERA in 34 appearances and 83 2/3 inning pitched. That would represent the most action Santiago had in the majors until he was sold to the Red Sox following the 1965 season. In Boston, Santiago enjoyed solid seasons in 1966 and 1967, winning 12 games each year and throwing a career high 172 innings in 1966. He didn't fare well in the 1967 World Series, coming out as the losing pitcher in Games 1 and 4. His Game 1 performance was solid though, as he allowed only two runs over his seven innings of work, but unfortunately his opponent from the Cardinals was Bob Gibson (#200). The Cardinals won that first game 2-1, with the Red Sox sole run coming on a home run from Santiago. The Cardinals would win the Series in seven games.
Santiago was named to the American League All-Star team in 1968, but he would not appear in the game. An elbow injury ultimately led to an early end to his career and he pitched in only 18 games for the Red Sox in 1969 and 1970. In 163 big league games, Santiago was 34-29 with a 3.74 ERA and 404 strikeouts over 556 innings pitched.
Some text for this post originally appeared on my 1965 Topps blog.
Building the Set / Card #83
March 12, 2023 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards)
The Card / Red Sox Team Set / Accuracy Index +5
1969 Season
As mentioned above, Santiago's elbow injury led to minimal time in the majors in 1969 and 1970. He appeared in 10 games, all in relief, for the Red sox in late August and September. Santiago had no record in those 10 appearances, earning a 3.52 ERA over 7 2/3 innings pitched. He'd appear in eight more games in 1970, with his final big league appearance coming on July 6, 1970.
Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card: 1965 Topps #557
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (6): 1965-1970
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 1970 Topps #708
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards: 33 in the Beckett online database as of 5/1/23.
Sources:
Baseball Reference / SABR / Wikipedia
Building the Set / Card #83
March 12, 2023 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards)
In mid-March, Doug and I attended the Philadelphia Sports Collectors Show, held within the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania. My main focus for this show was accumulating as many 1969 Topps commons as possible, which I did by adding a grand total of 193 cards to our set. That's almost 30% of the entire set added in one enjoyable afternoon. I wrote a full summary of the show in a post over at The Phillies Room, found here.
This is the sixth of the 193 commons and semi-stars purchased, pulled and stacked from the first two neon green binders housing 1969 Topps cards at the multi-table spread of Uncle Dick's Cards from Babylon, New York. My method was simple - I pulled up a chair, found a card I needed, picked the best of the group from the binder page and set it aside. After each 100 cards, I'd ask the dealer to tell me how much damage I had done so far. With a budget in mind, I kept going twice, continuing after card #100 and card #200, and stopping at card #298. The final amount due was 17% off the sticker price for the pile of 193 cards, with this card costing me less than a dollar. If I stick to composing posts five times a week, which may slip through the summer months, I should go through the stack and be caught up by the week of January 22, 2024!
The Card / Red Sox Team Set / Accuracy Index +5
The photo here was taken during the same time as the photo used for Santiago's 1968 card. The back of the card rightfully highlights his 1967 season, and his home run from the 1967 World Series.
Accuracy Index: Santiago scores a solid five here, as Topps went with a slightly different photo than what they had used in 1968.
1969 Season
As mentioned above, Santiago's elbow injury led to minimal time in the majors in 1969 and 1970. He appeared in 10 games, all in relief, for the Red sox in late August and September. Santiago had no record in those 10 appearances, earning a 3.52 ERA over 7 2/3 innings pitched. He'd appear in eight more games in 1970, with his final big league appearance coming on July 6, 1970.
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First Mainstream Card: 1965 Topps #557
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (6): 1965-1970
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 1970 Topps #708
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards: 33 in the Beckett online database as of 5/1/23.
Sources:
Baseball Reference / SABR / Wikipedia
Beckett Database / The Trading Card Database
1965 Topps Blog
1965 Topps Blog
#20 Ernie Banks - Chicago Cubs / #22 Jesus Alou - Montreal Expos
It's weird how many Red Sox I still need from this set. This is one.
ReplyDeleteSomehow this comment snuck by me . . . I've found Phillies, Red Sox, Mets and Yankees cards are the hardest for me to come by, due to the large amount of team set builders in my area.
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