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Rosters are finalized for Legends Reunion
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BY SCOTT WALSH
STAFF WRITER
Both rosters have been filled out for Saturday’s Legends Reunion at PNC Field.
Pitchers Bill Campbell and Dick Drago and infielder Dick McAuliffe will play for the team of former Boston Red Sox.
Dwight Evans was scheduled to be a member of the Red Sox team, but is unable to attend due to a travel conflict.
Meanwhile, Chris Chambliss and Ron Blomberg have been added to the squad of former New York Yankees.
The event, co-sponsored by The Times-Tribune newspapers and the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, is a five-inning exhibition baseball game at 1:30 p.m. Gates open at noon.
According to Jon Stephenson, vice president of marketing services for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, approximately 2,000 tickets remain. Most of the available seats are in the upper deck and cost $12.
Stephenson said the green lower-level seats that remain are single seats and cost $30. Some orange lower-level seats, located down the left- and right-field lines, are also available and cost $25.
Campbell played in the major leagues with seven teams from 1973-87. He primarily was a relief pitcher; he appeared in 700 games, but only started nine. He compiled a career record of 83-68 with a 3.54 earned-run average.
In 1976, as a member of the Minnesota Twins, Campbell tied the record for most wins in a season by a reliever (17), set by John Hiller of the Detroit Tigers in 1974. The record still stands.
One year later, pitching for the Red Sox, Campbell led the American League in saves with 31.
Drago spent 13 seasons in the majors with five teams, compiling a career record of 108-117 with a 3.75 ERA and 58 saves. In 1971, he finished fifth in the voting for the American League Cy Young Award after going 17-11 with a 2.98 ERA for the Kansas City Royals. Drago also has the distinction of giving up Hank Aaron’s 755th — and last — home run.
McAuliffe only played the 1974 season and seven games in 1975 with the Red Sox. Most of his 16 seasons in the majors were spent with the Detroit Tigers. A three-time all-star and member of the Tigers’ 1968 World Series championship team. McAuliffe batted .247 with 197 home runs and 697 RBIs in 1,763 career games.
Chambliss was the clutch-hitting first baseman for the Yankees’ championship teams of the late 1970s. It was his home run off Mark Littell of the Kansas City Royals leading off the bottom of the ninth inning of the decisive Game 5 of the 1976 AL Championship Series that sent the Yankees to the World Series for the first time since 1964.
Besides the Yankees, Chambliss, who was named AL Rookie of the Year in 1971, also played for the Cleveland Indians and Atlanta Braves during his 17 seasons. He batted .279 with 185 home runs and 972 RBIs in 2,175 career games.
Blomberg made baseball history on April 6, 1973, when he became the game’s first designated hitter at Boston’s Fenway Park. He played seven seasons with the Yankees and one with the Chicago White Sox, batting .293 with 52 home runs and 224 RBIs.
The rest of the Yankees team scheduled to appear include Rich “Goose” Gossage, Bucky Dent, Oscar Gamble, Jay Johnstone, Graig Nettles, Mickey Rivers and Roy White.
Other Red Sox scheduled to appear include Rico Petrocelli, Jim Rice, Fred Lynn, Mike Torrez, Bill Lee and Luis Tiant.
Contact the writer: swalsh@timesshamrock.com
Pitchers Bill Campbell and Dick Drago and infielder Dick McAuliffe will play for the team of former Boston Red Sox.
Dwight Evans was scheduled to be a member of the Red Sox team, but is unable to attend due to a travel conflict.
Meanwhile, Chris Chambliss and Ron Blomberg have been added to the squad of former New York Yankees.
The event, co-sponsored by The Times-Tribune newspapers and the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, is a five-inning exhibition baseball game at 1:30 p.m. Gates open at noon.
According to Jon Stephenson, vice president of marketing services for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, approximately 2,000 tickets remain. Most of the available seats are in the upper deck and cost $12.
Stephenson said the green lower-level seats that remain are single seats and cost $30. Some orange lower-level seats, located down the left- and right-field lines, are also available and cost $25.
Campbell played in the major leagues with seven teams from 1973-87. He primarily was a relief pitcher; he appeared in 700 games, but only started nine. He compiled a career record of 83-68 with a 3.54 earned-run average.
In 1976, as a member of the Minnesota Twins, Campbell tied the record for most wins in a season by a reliever (17), set by John Hiller of the Detroit Tigers in 1974. The record still stands.
One year later, pitching for the Red Sox, Campbell led the American League in saves with 31.
Drago spent 13 seasons in the majors with five teams, compiling a career record of 108-117 with a 3.75 ERA and 58 saves. In 1971, he finished fifth in the voting for the American League Cy Young Award after going 17-11 with a 2.98 ERA for the Kansas City Royals. Drago also has the distinction of giving up Hank Aaron’s 755th — and last — home run.
McAuliffe only played the 1974 season and seven games in 1975 with the Red Sox. Most of his 16 seasons in the majors were spent with the Detroit Tigers. A three-time all-star and member of the Tigers’ 1968 World Series championship team. McAuliffe batted .247 with 197 home runs and 697 RBIs in 1,763 career games.
Chambliss was the clutch-hitting first baseman for the Yankees’ championship teams of the late 1970s. It was his home run off Mark Littell of the Kansas City Royals leading off the bottom of the ninth inning of the decisive Game 5 of the 1976 AL Championship Series that sent the Yankees to the World Series for the first time since 1964.
Besides the Yankees, Chambliss, who was named AL Rookie of the Year in 1971, also played for the Cleveland Indians and Atlanta Braves during his 17 seasons. He batted .279 with 185 home runs and 972 RBIs in 2,175 career games.
Blomberg made baseball history on April 6, 1973, when he became the game’s first designated hitter at Boston’s Fenway Park. He played seven seasons with the Yankees and one with the Chicago White Sox, batting .293 with 52 home runs and 224 RBIs.
The rest of the Yankees team scheduled to appear include Rich “Goose” Gossage, Bucky Dent, Oscar Gamble, Jay Johnstone, Graig Nettles, Mickey Rivers and Roy White.
Other Red Sox scheduled to appear include Rico Petrocelli, Jim Rice, Fred Lynn, Mike Torrez, Bill Lee and Luis Tiant.
Contact the writer: swalsh@timesshamrock.com
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