Recent purchase from Pitchout Baseball Cards in Avalon, NJJoe Koppe played with the Phils in 1959, 1960 and 6 games in 1961 before being traded to the Dodgers in May. As the Phillies' regular shortstop in 1959, Joe hit .261 with 18 doubles and 7 triples.
Joe had a busy 1961:
May 4 - Traded with Turk Farrell to the Dodgers for Don Demeter and Charley Smith
May 16 - Traded to the Cardinals by the Dodgers for Duke Carmel.
June 19 - Sold to the L.A. Angels for $1,000.
Who Is That?: The Phillies had no one on their active roster from 1959 through 1961 who wore #31. Similar to the Jim Coker 1961 Topps card, is this a Phillies' coach in the background?
Wo is Duke Carmel?
ReplyDeleteExcellent question. I have no idea.
ReplyDeleteAccording to a Wikipedia article, coach Ken Silvestri wore #31 in 1960:
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_Philadelphia_Phillies_season
Another mystery solved!
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