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Originally Posted by rats60
He was hurt in 1967. In the off season he injured his Achilles and missed the season. The Indians had told him before the injury he would be their starting 1B. In 1969 he was the Padres starting 1B against righties, but got off to a slow start and was replaced by Nate Colbert who he was platooning with. He was a top prospect for whom things just didn't line up. He had 5 Topps cards, all Rookie Stars cards.
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Thanks. Understandable Colbert jumped him in the depth chart. He was also much younger then Davis at the time.
He seems to have just left organized baseball after that. He's listed with a couple other minor league teams in 1969, on Baseball Reference, but no listed statistics on those teams.