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Philadelphia is most fortunate to have this pair of slugging lefthanded batters. Johnny Callison has been the most productive lefthand batter on the Phillies club for the past three years. He has clouted 81 home runs and drove in an average of 88 runs during that span. Johnny has established himself as one of the top sluggers in the loop. He was obtained from the Chicago White Sox in 1959. Wes Covington was formerly a member of the 1957 and 1958 pennant winning Milwaukee Braves. The veteran performer has been a clutch ballplayer for the Philadelphia Phillies for the past three seasons. Wes is a power hitter with fine batting average. He led the Sally League in hitting in 1955. His .330 average for Milwaukee was a prominent factor for the club's first place finish in 1958. Wes is rarin' to go in 1966.
Carl spent three years on the roster of the Athletics, from 1943-1945, with only one loss to show for it, though he made appearances in 25 games. He spent most of the 1945 season and all of 1946 in military service. He returned to the A's for 1947 and had a record of 4-6. Last season he came into his own with 14 wins and 8 losses good for a .636 percentage. A young pitcher to watch.
Turn over the Ivan Rodriguez 2006 Topps Allen & Ginter card and it's documented that the Vega Baja, Puerto Rico resident has averaged a nifty .304 on 2190 hits and launched 264 moon shots over his term in the bigs.
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