by David Krell | Feb 24, 2017 | David Krell
During the Colt .45s’ inaugural season—1962—Houstonians could point to few bright spots in the team’s 64-96 record. Román Mejías was one of them. Mejías played in 146 games, swatted 162 hits, and finished the season with a .286 batting average. Initially...
by David Krell | Jan 20, 2017 | David Krell
Dick Groat does not have the fame of Bill Mazeroski, the immortality of Roberto Clemente, or the legend of Willie Stargell. Nevertheless, he was a mainstay of the Pittsburgh Pirates for a majority of his major league career, which spanned 1952 to 1967. In the October...
