R I P Rocky Colavito :

[MikeGarcia]

Originally Posted by marzoumanian

In August 1968 I had just turned 13. I was listening to the Yankees on my transistor radio that I had won in a writing contest when I was 7. They were losing to Detroit (I believe) and Ralph Houk decided to bring in Rocky to pitch the last couple of innings. This is why I love baseball: the Yankees rallied, won the game, and Rocky got the win!
I was at a show decades later and decided to get his autograph. I brought up that game as he signed my ball. He remembered it fondly and smiled.
What a sweet man. RIP, Rocky, and thanks for giving a teenager a very fond memory as he listened to his little transistor radio.

.. I recall , maybe wrongly , an anecdote from long long ago , that he was one of a very few players to have played the most different positions in one day of baseball ?? Like maybe a doubleheader in which both games went into extra innings ?? And he played infield and outfield and the battery ?? Anybody aware of that as a " stat " ? Thanks.

[jingram058]

He hit the last home run ever at Russwood Park. The ballpark's grandstands, mainly wood, burned completely down that night after an exhibition game between the Indians and the White Sox.

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by MikeGarcia

.. I recall , maybe wrongly , an anecdote from long long ago , that he was one of a very few players to have played the most different positions in one day of baseball ?? Like maybe a doubleheader in which both games went into extra innings ?? And he played infield and outfield and the battery ?? Anybody aware of that as a " stat " ? Thanks.

Colavito only played outfield positions and 1B, but he did pitch for Cleveland and the Yankees. 5.2 total innings—never let up a run.

[Gorditadogg]

He was a great player in his prime. I remember him at the end of his career with the White Sox. Sox were hoping he could help them make a run, but he had nothing left in the tank by then.

[Balticfox]

Very sad.



He was one of my very favourite players when I was a kid. His name was magic to me. The Indians should never have traded him.