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Rutherford Eduardo Salmon
Seattle Pilots
Second Base
Born: December 3, 1940, Colon, Panama
Signed: Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent before 1959 season
Major League Teams: Cleveland Indians 1964-1968; Baltimore Orioles 1969-1972
World Series Appearances: Baltimore Orioles 1969-1970
Died: September 17, 2000, Almirante, Panama (age 59)
Chico Salmon was a versatile super-utility player who played for nine seasons for the Indians and Orioles, appearing in the 1969 and 1970 World Series with the Orioles. After bouncing around the Senators, Giants, Tigers and Braves organizations, Salmon began his big league career with the Indians, and he'd go on to play in a career high 126 games in 1966, driving in a career high 40 runs. He was left unprotected by the Indians in the 1968 expansion draft and was selected as the 11th pick by the Pilots. But after spending spring training with the Pilots, Salmon was dealt to the Orioles on March 31, 1969 for Gene Brabender (#393) and Gordy Lund.
He arrived in Baltimore just in time for the team to win three A.L. pennants in a row, winning it all in 1970. He went 0 for 2 in the 1969 World Series but had a pinch-hit in his lone at-bat in the 1970 Series, sparking the Game 2 rally that would propel the Orioles to a come from behind victory over the Reds. The Orioles would go on to win the Series in five games. Salmon played in 658 games, hitting .249 with 31 home runs and 149 RBIs.
Died: September 17, 2000, Almirante, Panama (age 59)
Chico Salmon was a versatile super-utility player who played for nine seasons for the Indians and Orioles, appearing in the 1969 and 1970 World Series with the Orioles. After bouncing around the Senators, Giants, Tigers and Braves organizations, Salmon began his big league career with the Indians, and he'd go on to play in a career high 126 games in 1966, driving in a career high 40 runs. He was left unprotected by the Indians in the 1968 expansion draft and was selected as the 11th pick by the Pilots. But after spending spring training with the Pilots, Salmon was dealt to the Orioles on March 31, 1969 for Gene Brabender (#393) and Gordy Lund.
He arrived in Baltimore just in time for the team to win three A.L. pennants in a row, winning it all in 1970. He went 0 for 2 in the 1969 World Series but had a pinch-hit in his lone at-bat in the 1970 Series, sparking the Game 2 rally that would propel the Orioles to a come from behind victory over the Reds. The Orioles would go on to win the Series in five games. Salmon played in 658 games, hitting .249 with 31 home runs and 149 RBIs.
Some text for this post originally appeared on my 1965 Topps blog.
Building the Set / Card #114
March 12, 2023 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards)
The Card / Pilots Team Set / Accuracy Index -16
1969 Season
As mentioned above, Salmon was dealt to the Orioles at the end of spring training. He'd spend the full year with the eventual American League Champions, appearing in 52 games and batting .297. Salmon would make 18 starts all season - 8 at second base, 6 at shortstop and 3 at first base. On August 16th against the Pilots at Sick's Stadium, Salmon went 4 for 4 with a pair of home runs and 6 RBIs. He went 0 for 1 as a pinch-hitter in the NLCS, and made two pinch-running appearances in the World Series.
Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card: 1964 Topps #499
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (9): 1964-1972
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 1972 Topps #646
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards: 42 in the Beckett online database as of 6/4/23.
Sources:
Baseball Reference / SABR / Wikipedia
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 37th 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, I should go through the stack and be caught up by the end of January. But as the summer begins, that's becoming a bigger If.
The Card / Pilots Team Set / Accuracy Index -16
Salmon is wearing an Indians jersey and this photo could be from back in 1965 as it appears similar to the photo used for his 1966 Topps card. The back of the card explains how Salmon came to be on the Pilots, taken as the 11th pick in the 1968 expansion draft. Salmon played regularly at every position except catcher with the Indians, seeing the least amount of time in center field with only five games.
Accuracy Index: Salmon loses points all over the place here - not his 1969 team (-2), nor did he every play with the Pilots (-6), to go along with the Indians jersey (-5) and the lack of a hat (-3).
1969 Season
As mentioned above, Salmon was dealt to the Orioles at the end of spring training. He'd spend the full year with the eventual American League Champions, appearing in 52 games and batting .297. Salmon would make 18 starts all season - 8 at second base, 6 at shortstop and 3 at first base. On August 16th against the Pilots at Sick's Stadium, Salmon went 4 for 4 with a pair of home runs and 6 RBIs. He went 0 for 1 as a pinch-hitter in the NLCS, and made two pinch-running appearances in the World Series.
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First Mainstream Card: 1964 Topps #499
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (9): 1964-1972
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 1972 Topps #646
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards: 42 in the Beckett online database as of 6/4/23.
Sources:
Baseball Reference / SABR / Wikipedia
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